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PROS AND CONS


PROS AND CONS

S.JENSEN © 2018

LIFE COMES AND GOES

NOTHING IS GUARANTEED

WHEN DOES ONE

SAY OK ITS TIME TO STOP

THAT ONE SHOULD

LET A DREAM JUST DIE

THAT IT ENDS AT THIS POINT

AND NOTHINGS GONNA

CHANGE SO LET IT BE

THAT NOTHING IS GETTING

BETTER SO STOP THE FIGHT

THAT ITS JUST HARDER

WHEN DOES ONE

ACCEPT ONES LOT IN LIFE

TO BE WHERE IT IS

AND SETTLE FOR THAT

ONLY HOW

DOES ONE WAIT

FOR A CHOPPING BLOCK

AXE TO FALL

OR DOES ONE KEEP GOING

KEEP FIGHTING

KEEP SAYING THE MIRE

CAN’T LAST FOREVER

THAT JUST ONE MORE

TRY WILL CHANGE IT ALL

I HAVE TAKEN CHANCES

BEFORE AND GOTTEN FARTHER

THAN I EVER THOUGHT

POSSIBLE

AND BEEN KNOCKED

BACK DOWN CONSTANTLY

FOR THE EFFORT AS WELL

BUT NEVER DO I GIVE IN

OR GIVE UP

OR SETTLE SAYING

THIS IS ALL THERE IS

SO I STOP TRYING

HOW CAN ONE JUST

SAY THIS IS IT

LOOKING BACK AT THE

COST OVER THE YEARS

TO WHERE I AM SITTING

NOW

AND HOW HARD ITS BEEN

YET THE ALTERNATIVE

WAS NOT A OPTION

NOR IS IT NOW

ANY DIFFERENT

REALLY

CAN I MAKE A LITTLE GO

FARTHER BY ACCEPTING

THAT THIS IS ALL THERE IS

THAT I JUST CAN’T GET OUT

OF THIS SITUATION

SO JUST SIT HERE

AND LET IT ROLL OVER

AND DRAG ME DOWN

WITH THE TIDES ROLLING IN

HOW CAN ONE JUST

DO THAT

OR DO I CHANCE TO MAKE

LIFE JUST A LITTLE BETTER

FOR A MAYBE

FOR A POSSIBILITY

THAT IT WON’T HAPPEN PROBABLY

BUT THIS IS WHAT

I HAVE DONE MY WHOLE

LIFE

DO I REGRET ANY THING

UP TO THIS POINT NO

I DON’T

THINGS DON’T ALWAYS

GO THE WAY WE EXPECT

OR DESIRE THAT IS A FACT

A FRIEND TODAY

SAID

YOU JUST GOT TO

REALIZE NOTHING IS

GETTING BETTER

THAT IT WON’T CHANGE

STOP TRYING YOU

JUST CHANCING

FOR SOMETHING THAT

WON’T DO ANY GOOD

BUT THEN THAT MEANS

THERE IS NO HOPE

I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THAT

I MUST KNOW IN MY MIND

IN MY HEART

IN MY SOUL

THIS SITUATION ISN’T

GONNA LAST FOREVER

IT JUST CAN’T

IT WILL GO ONE WAY

OR THE OTHER

I THINK I WOULD RATHER

IT BE OF MY CHOICE

EVEN IF I AM WRONG

ITS MY CHOICE TO MAKE

IS IT NOT

YEAH IT SUCKS

AND ITS HARD

BUT IS IT IMPOSSIBLE

NO I CAN’T GIVE UP

TRYING FOR A BETTER

OUTCOME

THAT OPPORTUNITIES

COME FOR A REASON

AND THEY ALWAYS

PUSH ME FORWARD

ITS

GOT TO BE WORTHWHILE

ALL THIS WORK

HARD BLOODY WORK

I CAN’T JUST GIVE UP

NOW

THAT NEGATIVITY HAS TO JUST

GO AWAY

AND LEAVE ME BE

THERE IS NO HARM

IN TRYING

I HAVE TO TRY

I HAVE TO BELIEVE

ITS WORTH THE CHANCE

NO MATTER THE OUTCOME

ITS WHAT MAKES

LIFE WORTH LIVING

OH MUSE WHERE ARE YOU

WHEN I NEED YOU

TO PUSH ME FORWARD NOW

TO INSPIRE ME

TO KEEP TRYING

I AM SO WEIGHING

THE PROS AND CONS

OF THIS DECISION

NEVER HAVE I THOUGHT

ON SOMETHING

SO HARD IN MY LIFE

I HAVE ALWAYS

JUST UP AND DONE WHATEVER

IT WAS THAT

SPARKED MY HEART

SPARKED MY MIND

FILLED MY LIFE

ART IT IS MY LIFE

AND I CAN’T

GIVE UP

ON IT HELPING ME

HAVE A BETTER LIFE

I JUST CAN’T

ITS ALL I GOT

IF I FAIL THEN I FAIL

BUT ITS NO ONE

FAULT BUT MINE

THEN…

IT MAY NOT GO

ANYWHERE

IT MAY NOT DO

MUCH OF ANYTHING

AND IT MAY ALL

FLOP

AND BE FOR NOTHING

BUT I HAVE NEVER

EXPERIENCED

THAT KIND OF THING

ITS ALWAYS BEEN

HARD AS FUCK

BUT NEVER

A NEVER GAIN

ITS ALWAYS BEEN

A GAIN

EVEN A SMALL ONE

SO I HAVE TO TRY

RIGHT

I JUST HAVE

TO KEEP MY DREAM

ALIVE

TO KEEP GOING

WHILE I HAVE

LIFE TO LIVE

OR ITS NOT WORTH

A BLOODY THING

SO EVEN IF

HOPE IS EVIL

ITS ALL I GOT

AND ITS ALL

I AM GONNA

KEEP

SO NO I WILL NOT

JUST SIT HERE

AND SAY

THIS IS ALL

THERE IS TO MY LIFE

AND IT WON’T

GET BETTER

SCREW THAT

THOUGHT

SORRY ITS HOW I AM

HOW I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

I HAVE TO

TAKE THAT CHANCE

THAT A LITTLE EFFORT

WILL PAY OFF

I HAVE WORK HARD

MY WHOLE LIFE

FOR A BETTER SITUATION

AND I CAN SAY

THAT IT ALWAYS HAS

RESULTED IN

A BETTER SITUATION

SO WHY WOULD

IT BE ANY DIFFERENT NOW

IT JUST CAN’T BE

I AM ON THE BOTTOM

AS ONE SAID

IN THE TRASH CAN

ANY HOW

SO WHY DON’T I MAKE

USE OF THAT BLOODY

TRASH BIN

AND UPGRADE

TO SAY A BETTER

LOOKING TRASH BIN

I DESERVE THAT

FOR ALL MY BLOODY

EFFORTS.

SO NO I WON’T

SIT HERE

AND SAY THIS IS

ALL I HAVE

AND ALL I WILL HAVE

CUS FRANKLY

THIS IS NOT HOW

I WANT TO BE

FOR THE REST OF

MY LIFE

NO

IF I GAVE UP BACK THEN

THEN I WOULDN’T BE

ALIVE TODAY

SO NO

I WON’T GIVE IN NOW

EITHER

I AM NOT READY

FOR THAT YET

YEAH ITS FINANCIAL

HELL FOR SURE

BUT I HAVE TO TRY

AND MAKE SOMETHING

WORK

I CAN’T JUST SIT HERE

AND SAY NOPE

NEVER SAT SO MUCH

IN MY LIFE

ON ONE THING

AND SAID NOPE

I TOOK THE CHANCES

AND SO I DO IT AGAIN

I PROMISED

SOMEONE

I WOULD NEVER

GIVE UP

AND SO

I WON’T.

I TRY SO I CAN SAY THIS MUCH

I TRIED...

I HAVE TO...


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