A Genuine Life - Austin P. McKenzie

I’m 25

I’m young

I am alive

I am taking

The medicine I’ve been prescribed

I walk the dog

I go to my job

I am frightened

Afraid something good has died

Where did it go

Where did it go

I used to have it all

Now I don’t have it all

So maybe I don’t know

What I’m doing here

Anymore

So maybe I’ll just

Go to the mountains

I’m not giving up

I just need a vacation

I’ve got so much to offer

So much to give

I’m so sick of living

This life that I live

I waited for you

Yes I waited for love

The stairway to climb

To planets above

The world

It moves

The skies are changing too

They’re maroon

With several shades of blue

The rain is warm

The fog is rolling in

It’s confusing

And altogether meaningless

I used to have it all

Now I don’t have it all

So maybe I don’t know

What I’m doing here

Anymore

So maybe I’ll just

Go to the mountains

I’m not giving up

I just need inspiration

Should I rejoice

Or should I resign

My moral compass

Seems to have died

I waited for you

Yes I waited for love

The stairway to climb

To planets above

If I could

Forget you

Forgive me

But I

Would

This is not the life I want

But it’s what I got

Do this

Do that

But what is it for

I want you to know

That I wouldn’t complain

I want you to know that

Simple and plain

I’m dying to live

A genuine life

But I don’t know

What that looks like

I’m still waiting for you

Yes I’m waiting for love

The stairway to climb

To planets above