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The start My Grim Life Chapter one I had survived another day; I woke up as normal, shaved, showered and dressed in my cheap suit as normal.
Inside the offices, the dim and yellow strip lighting Gives hollow light, reluctantly, to those who sit below In rows, at desks with rings of coffee staining deep into them Like faint reminders of...
Wanted: A job that allows me to flow with creativity and fun ideas. Doesn't restrict me from enjoying life or being myself, but encourages me to be my chatty, bubbly and wickedly delightful self.
Mentally ill, yet another grey pill, For how can you breathe if there's no time to kill, Not a second to spare, just a blur of bright air, A crescendo of colours whips hues through your hair.
To have everything all the time, so much money it's almost a crime. Hardship comes your way a test So damn difficult it's far from the best.
Life is a short trip, But a long journey. Who I was, Who I try to be, Isn't what they want. They need a robot, To follow commands, And not question the consequence. That will never be me.
A week's holiday, Time well spent. Back to work now, Pay the rent. Alarm call shocker, Stomach churn. Face the music, Feel heartburn. Blackberry buzzing, Emails galore. Out of office, Failed once...
An incentive to work, An incentive to lie, An incentive to cry, To cheat and be sly. The mistakes that were made, The choices we chose, The giants that rose, We will expose.