Buyer Beware (No Exchanges, No Returns)

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. - Thoreau

Acrylic Painting by Aurora Mazzoldi

you've stopped combing your hair

stopped pulling down the shade when you're in your underwear

you go 'round in circles so they don't think you're a square

you've been searching for a prayer

for the almighty to help you pick out what to wear

you can't stand the sun's annoying glare

a simple smile you no longer forbear

you stopped answering the door, because there's never anyone there

you curse because you can't muster a swear

you're living in nowhere

you'd like to fly off to somewhere

but you don't have the airfare

this ain't no time for a game of truth or dare

you look at your life's label,

it simply reads, "buyer beware"

Author's Note

"There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself." - Thoreau