Check Out!

This wall is getting on my nerves
What gives in the race I detest?
Isn't it my soul leading this way
Or is the fake sea winning again?

My hair and skin can't last
Age is burning out like a candle
My greatness seems to be hiding
Behind the wall constructed by others

Am I close to my charmed vortex?
If I found one nugget I think it would
Serve as a manifestation of my simple dream
Sometimes, I feel so less than  crap

Pretty faces, inflated egos, and wispy followings
Push the barriers like a dam cracking
What is my value worth in a plastic world?
Some days press me so hard that I just want to check out!

©zari alexxanderr-caine 2018
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