Ennui 🥃

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art by mxmrrst / mariroseto

10 syllables per line / random rhyme scheme

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A day or two, the sun seems like it's new

It feels like there's a lot of things to do

And I've got the energy to push through

But the next, trees, leaves, life's draped in pretext

Cycles repeat while life seems incomplete

Till I find meaning then it becomes sweet

There is a purpose in being alive

And there is something firing up the drive

Then become distracted, lose perspective

And every day only means to survive

The ennui that hovers over my eyes

How tiring it is to wake up and rise

The same thing each day, circles, triangles

Whatever the shape, it never changes

Always the same areas, singing arias

Dwelling on repeat the same ideas

There's no life seen in the azaleas

It's always the same rambles and shambles

Then some advice, one or two, comes to me

Pretentious the word's speaker, they may be

If it will give me the vigor I lost

And comes completely free from any cost,

I'll grab at it, at whichever moment,

Anything, as long as it's consistent

And lasts longer than my previous lover

Or before my boredom comes to bother

When I grab it, whatever that is,

I hope it hits me with a lovely rush

I hope it makes the sun seems like it's new

And make me feel that there are lots to do

When the buzz disappears, I'm left perplexed

And the next, nature, life's draped in pretext

And life repeats, seems to be incomplete

Till I find meaning then it becomes sweet

There is a purpose in being alive

And there is something firing up the drive

Then become distracted, lose perspective

And every day only means to survive

The ennui remains and becomes stronger,

Than all my desires to become better

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from January 13 2018

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