Weltschmerz in Pink

 Weltschmerz in Pink 

I feel sun on my knees 

through a tenth floor window 

coughing through anxieties 

of a world below 

here I am eating écoliers 

while the world fights below  

I hear the sound of a Wurlitzer 

and the voice-over goes: 

Will you ever find 

the happiness deserved 

the love and the money 

you thought was yours 

tune in tomorrow and see 

another exciting 

episode of 

“Weltschmerz in Pink”

I put down the phone 

pick up a book 

thoughts of another century 

crowd out my blues 

problems seems similar 

solutions worse 

that familiar anxiety 

rings in its words 

“Will evil be punished 

will peace win the day 

will the dunces be capped 

the drunkards waylaid 

tune tomorrow 

another nail-biting day on the brink-

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 ‘Weltschmerz in Pink’”

My journey standing still

 My journey standing still 

you get kicked upstairs 

forced to care 

just to understand 

what’s happening 

blows come hard and fast 

you’re rearranging the past 

just to make the violence 

make sense 

so you pull the millennia back 

and there’s still that lack 

of common sense

and human kindness

until you’re forced to conclude 

there’s heavy power put against 

the desires for what’s best 

in the lives of humans