Loneliness

I once tried to write a small anthem
To embody what we think as youth
To compel those who would dare mock us
To convince them instead of the truth.

But then I saw churches and steeples
And knew that the answer lie far
For mountains of reason will topple
In the face of a religious tar.

And then I fell victim to romance
And had wondered on finding a mate
The poem did at once be abandoned
For fear she absconded my fate.

Not much later still the city set fire
And all eyes were turned toward the blaze
Then not only I but every woman and man
Let terror reduce them to haze.

Then finally I saw the complex
Of how deeply I am repressed
Government culture vocation and greed
Now bring me new meaning to stress.

I haven’t made any such progress
In trying to inscribe the truth
I once tried to write a small anthem
But was banished to inside a booth.