Complacency

This is a poem I wrote about Complacency.

I want it to be different, what if I shut my eyes?

If they ever open will there be a big surprise?

I want it to be different, what if my lips are sealed?

If they ever open will my fate be revealed?

I want it to be different, what if my ears are closed?

If they ever open will it be as I supposed? 

Disappointingly I found, none of this had worked.

While I hid myself away, complacency had lurked.

Wishing… wanting things to change had only made them stay.

Wishing… wanting things to change is what pushed me away.

Away from discomfort, potential, CHANGE!

Closer to comfort, hiding, it's strange.

Shutting my eyes, mouth, and ears,

Those were the things that brought on years.

Years where things were always the same, 

Where bravery, potential was lost with my name.

Comfort was too good a friend of mine,

I guess you could say, he was my spine.

Comfort I thought was keeping me strong.

Comfort's what told me it's here I belong.

Comfort had lied, he was not my friend.

He wanted me prisoner until my end.

Comfort you see, was the end of my life,

It held my neck close, close to a knife.

I never saw how it was blinding me.

I never saw how it was muting me.

I never saw how it was deafening me.

I never saw... how it was killing me.

Never, that's a word I so did treasure.

I will NEVER try but keep my pleasure,

My pleasure of feeling safe… content,

Knowing well that my time was spent,

Thinking of how I wanted change to take place.

Forgetting that were all in a race.

Racing just to find our way,

And if one stops, they will pay.

Because then you see they found their way,

Will stay the same every day.

And that is how comfort can end.

It sits around and will slowly pretend.

Pretends that he is your friend, your love,

When really he has come to shove. 

Shove the joy right out of your life,

While all along he was holding a knife.

And the next thing you know your actually dead,

Because comfort had won, it cut off your head.

This my friends is a warning you see,

To stay away from complacency.

And never call comfort your friend,

Cause now you know how that will end.