The Path of Suffering

You know what will happen
If you take this path
It’s not a winding one
But long and lonely
Sleepless nights
And wasted days
You’ve been down there before
You know just what will happen
If you pick this forked turn
Content to lie turning in misery
Stagnating in an unmade bed
Aching and immobile in eternal grey
And to lock the outside out
You’re passing up on living
And you know just how you’ll feel
Spent in disgust
Every authentic second
Is real
It’s not a joke
You cry about
Why do you choose
The path of suffering?