Defeat

I wish time would just slow down
Growing up is a part of life

But how can anyone take it in stride

Hang up our own selfish pride

Put our own ambitions aside

To just listen

To just be 

To actually have the ability to see

The hurt. The struggle.

The crap so many juggle.

And to be there in the defeat.

Until the success finally begins to repeat.

Can't we just put this life on pause

Stop and just wait for the coin toss

Until the world stops and we count the loss

But at what cost?

At what measure will our failure foster?

When aren't we all imposters?

Nobody is as real as they say

Nobody takes the time to just pray

To just listen

To just be 

To actually have the ability to see

The hurt. The struggle.

The crap so many juggle.

And to be there in the defeat.

Until the success finally begins to repeat.

When the pain is too much to muster

And you feel like your life is just a cluster

One mess after the next

When you're always the first to text

You're always the one with the problem

The one who can't solve them

But you feel so alone

Because no one is ever home.

To just listen

To just be 

To actually have the ability to see

The hurt. The struggle.

The crap so many juggle.

And to be there in the defeat.

Until the success finally begins to repeat.

But when time runs out

And there's nowhere to go

You'll regret when you said no

When you couldn't just listen 

When you couldn't just be

When your vision is cloudy

When you couldn't see

And you're forced to face the defeat.

Always living your life on repeat.