Do You Ever

Do you ever see where you want to be -

and at the same time see it falling away from you?

Do you ever see what you want to keep-

and then see it passed along to some other anonymous?

Do you ever see who you are-

and see no one believing it?

I keep my hope on a shelf with the acid and the fear and all the little things that eat me up-

but I keep it.

At least I keep it.