Poems Primarily Narrative (or not)

Misery's Company

Today is a day for darker thoughts

a hellish basket of whatnots

matters not for who or where

just life's demands

without regard it makes commands

Be and do is what is asked

all for one is how we're tasked

okay, I get it

I won't complain

suck it up's a long refrain

Once there was another life

one enjoyed with much less strife

a freedom for both to share and explore

then in the end a gentile decline

with love our guide as hearts entwine

But Fairy tales are simply that

a fervent hope for life's format

and hope is all they ever are

a desperate race to reach a goal

while life looks on and takes its toll

What the hell, we had a run

and for the better part it all was fun

we did achieve a lot of dreams

and if what we'll miss we think is bad

there are many more who never had

...what we once had