Classroom rows
And cubicles
Nothing grows
Cells refuse
Where you sit
And what you’re told
Imagination
Undersold
Every day
The same thing
Never question
Anything
At your desk
Or on the road
All you do
Is what your told
In your heart
You gave up
Swallow from
The coffee cup
Sour milk
Is disguised
Darkened circles
Baggy eyes
Your performance
On the stage
Was discarded
In a rage
News don’t matter
It’s all fake
Why the bother
Not your mistake
What’s on screen
All encrypted
Your big brother
He’s inflicted
Every second
Of the day
Nothing in you
Likes to stay
Every week
Always this way
You only do this
For your pay
Do you want more
Than this cell
Everyday
And better still
Is your commute
Killing you
Is there much more
You want to do
Are you at home
Alone with you
Working more
With less to do
What do you want
What does it take
How can you make it
Feel more great
Is your head
Owned by you
When you can’t think
Of nothing new
When that idea
You did have
When your brain
And mind did laugh
How come they stopped
Why did it end
What happened to
Your heart and friend
This here thought
Inside of you
Wants to buy
You something new
The best investment
Is yourself
So don’t ignore
What you do well
All the time
Let’s just face it
Not believing
You have wasted
Take that thought
And energy
Start to do
And you will see
Greater value
In yourself
Higher returns
When you do well
#PaulaG
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