The Beaten Path
Navigating Life's Rut: The Beaten Path Unveiled
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Yesterday came and went and I wasn't present
Feeling disconnected, not fully engaged in the past.
The weeks were laid out like pavement
Life's routine laid out predictably.
Work and drink and sleep, repeat
Monotonous cycle of work, drink, sleep.
Upon the beaten path
Choosing a conventional, well-trodden path.
I kept on my blinders
Ignoring distractions or temptations.
Don't need any old reminders
Resisting reminders of the past.
No face. No Name. No memories.
Embracing anonymity and avoiding emotional connections.
If you love it, you leave it
Choosing to distance oneself from what is loved.
Cause you hate that you need it
Rejecting what is needed due to dislike.
It's the one thing you can't have
Desiring the unattainable, driven by ego.
You're too self absorbed to change
Resistance to personal growth, self-centered.
Always, "My way."
A persistent attitude of "My way" without compromise.
Tomorrow could come and go
Unconcerned about the passage of time.
And I'd sleep right through it
Indifference to potential opportunities for change.
I'm not searching for self improvement
Not actively seeking self-improvement.
I'm sticking to the beaten path
Persisting on the established, familiar path.
Here and there I come across an old acquaintance
Encountering people from the past occasionally.
Some old flame, some old burn victim
Recalling past relationships, possibly painful.
I remember I need to forget
Acknowledging the need to forget past mistakes.
Everything I ever said to you
Regret over past words spoken to someone.
If I could take it back
Expressing a desire to retract spoken words.
I'd eat every word
A metaphorical expression of regret and remorse.
You want to feel like all those others feel,
Desiring to experience common emotions.
But you won't- and you never will
Acknowledging personal limitations in achieving this.
All that you love you lose
Recognizing the inevitability of losing what is loved.
You do.
Acceptance of the reality of loss.
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