I am a modern man. I exceed expectation, I give a good God damn! I am an honest man. I love my wife and children, I love my nine to five. I am not losing it… I thrive in knowing that I can always be replaced. My suit it barely fits! I've swelled and sweated through it, that sweet smell of success!
You were in pieces on the side of the road. I stopped to put you back together, I collected all your bones and all the muscle not picked apart by vultures.
You are the added weight I carry on my back. Your blood pulled down by gravity and pooling in my pack. The pool has sprung a leak and bonded with my sweat.
You are a sticky mass decaying in the heat. I'd like to stop and let time run its course and let the insects eat. But I am older now and have no where to be.
Given purpose I could flourish once again. Alas I cannot seem to put you back together or in place. I am not the man I thought I'd grow to be!