Rut
A hole was dug
Just for me
That I was placed in at my birth.
And as I lived,
And as I breathed,
The whole was worn down deeper.
------------deeper
---------------deeper
-------------------deeper...
Until I knew no sunlight.
My skin became paper thin and translucent.
But on I walked,-------------and walked,
--------------------and walked,--------------and walked,
Until I could naught but crawl,
-------Around and around in the circle.
-------That was set just for me.
But all along, my muscles grew ever stronger.
Until one day...
I hoisted my foot out of the now sodened earth.
And dug my fingers into the cold side of the hole,
Determined to end the circle.
And so I
-------------------d
----------------e
-------------m
-----------i
---------l
___c
Until I was well dirtied and reeking.
Only then did I find myself at the top of the trapping, redundant circle.
I let go of the edge to wipe my brow,
And I fell, and I fell, into the far down depths of my life.
Hit the wet earth and sunk into it.
There is where I'm still trapped today
And I'm back 'round the circle again.
Just for me
That I was placed in at my birth.
And as I lived,
And as I breathed,
The whole was worn down deeper.
------------deeper
---------------deeper
-------------------deeper...
Until I knew no sunlight.
My skin became paper thin and translucent.
But on I walked,-------------and walked,
--------------------and walked,--------------and walked,
Until I could naught but crawl,
-------Around and around in the circle.
-------That was set just for me.
But all along, my muscles grew ever stronger.
Until one day...
I hoisted my foot out of the now sodened earth.
And dug my fingers into the cold side of the hole,
Determined to end the circle.
And so I
-------------------d
----------------e
-------------m
-----------i
---------l
___c
Until I was well dirtied and reeking.
Only then did I find myself at the top of the trapping, redundant circle.
I let go of the edge to wipe my brow,
And I fell, and I fell, into the far down depths of my life.
Hit the wet earth and sunk into it.
There is where I'm still trapped today
And I'm back 'round the circle again.