1. bleaker by the day

i constantly feel like

i’m searching

for a sign of life

in a world

that looks bleaker

by the day.

i spent half a year

feeling like

i was getting somewhere,

thinking i was

in a better place,

and now,

i’m right back

where i used to be.

i thought my minute

of peace

would last an hour,

but i guess

the powers that be

don’t offer overtime.

sometimes,

i feel like i’ve entered

that gen z phase

where i never expect

anything to get better,

and even though

i don’t want to think that,

it feels like the positives

have packed it in

and taken an early retirement,

so now i’m left

to face life without them.

sounds like fun, huh?