Domino Effect
I'm not a bad person.
What did I do,
to start the ball,
give misfortune a cue?
Trying to help,
put someone else higher,
only resulted
in grievous backfire.
Losing control,
my sole occupation.
Licking the bowl
in fruitless frustration.
One mistake begets another.
Keep your wife
and lose your mother.
One wrong vote,
one bad choice,
speaking up
will cost your voice.
A forest of friends,
my unheard shout.
There's no way in,
around, or out.
It's not their fault.
I built this M.E.S.S.
Only hurts more
to know I'm less.
Where is the turn?
Where is the end?
How can I learn
to be my own friend?
2018