Death of a Zealot

Most of this biographical, but I really embellished it. I don’t want people to think they know me from a 600 word poem on the internet.

Life gives us all something, whether we like it or not.

Life gave me a loving home which was minimally dysfunctional

and I always could fall back on family whenever I needed to .



Life gave me opportunities to learn and succeed

and I used them to make myself a smarter person.



Life gave me a mind

And I used this mind to question and fight for what I thought noble.



Life gave me friends who idolized me

We’d go to each others’ houses, and I’d rant and they’d listen.



Life gave me a heart

And it came in handy when I cared about things.



Life gave me the ability to live, so I lived

And I thought living was alright.



At some point, though, the things life gave me started to change the way I thought and acted.



Life gave me a loving home which was minimally dysfunctional

And I could fall back on my family whenever I needed to

So I started to fall back on them a lot.



Life gave me opportunities to learn and succeed

And I used them to make myself a smarter person

but I started wondering why I should be a smarter person.



Life gave me a mind

And I did use this mind to question and fight for what I did think was noble

Only to figure out it things wouldn’t change, and this made me bitter.



Life gave me friends who idolized me

And we did go to each others’ houses, where I ranted and they listened

But I was bitter now, and this started to irk them.



Life gave me a heart

And it did come in handy when I cared about things

But eventually, all things come to an end, and that hurts.



Life gave me the ability to live

And I did think living was alright

But as they say, life was starting to give me lemons.



Then at another point, they way I thought and acted started to change what life gave me.



Life gave me a loving family which wasn’t dysfunctional

And I could always fall back on my family when I needed to

So I fell back on them a lot

I guess I fell back on them too much, cause they aren’t there anymore.



Life gave me opportunities to learn and succeed

And I did use them to make myself a smarter person

And I did start wondering why I should be a smarter person

Now that I think of it, being a smarter person just made me bitter. I think I’ll be dumb now.



Life gave me a mind

And I did use this mine to question and fight for what I thought was noble

And I figured out things wouldn’t change, and that made me bitter

So I forgot about fighting, and what’s really noble turned into a mystery.



Life gave me friends who idolized me

And we did go to each others’ houses, where I ranted and they listened

But then I was bitter, and that started to irk them

So we fought, and now we aren’t friends anymore.



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Life gave me a heart

And it did come in handy when I cared about things

But all things do come to an end, and that does hurt

But only if you continue to care about them.



Life gave me the ability to live

And I thought living was alright

And, as they say, life was starting to give me lemons

But they didn't realize you need sugar and water to make lemonade.