I'M Only A Mere Weak And Weary Human Wandering This Wicked And Wretched World Poem by Kevin Lynch

I'm only a mere weak and weary human wandering this wicked and wretched world,
Un-fortuned by society, my gifts and my traits. They all frayed me leaving me unfurled
And deeply defenseless to the daunting dangers that dwell within my distraught,
And delicate self. So many long tormenting years have I endured and futilely fought...

But for what? I clutch at these slippery straws that slide slowly away, out of reach
and my desperate grasp, earning nothing, but my happiness it continues to leech,
-It being this life, so frivolous and superficial like its contents and it's participants
Who unthinkingly and unknowingly live on never pondering what it represents...

Tragically though, they thieve themselves from the truth to preserve the tranquility
Brought by their lack of thought towards life... Thus tediously reducing their ability
To live or die by a proper hand or motive. Most live to satisfy their wicked greed
Which they cannot fully satisfy, they have no contentment so they continue to feed.

But this ongoing feast for their, foolish little fantasies, only bring sorrow upon others.
How unfortunate to think that it's okay to fill your desires, until that is, it smothers
Not only you but your sisters and brothers, your other family and your friends,
Your egotistical and self satisfying ways and your following of everyone's trends,

Will all just in the end, cause and wreak your own destruction and often enough
The daunting destruction of another, though tediously depending on how rough
Your bloodlust for filling your fire was. But for those that realise and wake
Up and see that they've been living like a worthless, wicked, wretched fake,

They may be too late to stop their path to their destined destruction, however, if they
Realise before it's not too late, then they can steer themselves toward the correct way.
But not many manage to do this and so, continue to inflict unnecessary suffering
Upon the innocent whose lives you are recklessly and inconsiderately toughering.

I've often heard one say 'A man with nothing to lose is a man with everything to gain',
Though this is right, it is also wrong... Misconceived out of greed, forgetting any pain.
So selfish, criminally crooked and egotistical of one who wants to possess it all
While not caring about the suffering they inflict upon those they cause to fall.


Greed and the unthinking have affected us all in our enduring struggle called 'Life',
Some have resorted to violence, alcohol, drugs, even cutting themselves with a knife.
I've been forced to retreat back from others, and so I did, and into a ball I curled...
As, I'm only a mere weak and weary human wandering this wicked and wretched world...