Tunnel Vision

self preservation - the end of ambition
life is so long when you spend it waiting for
all the things you'll never be getting
everything you don't deserve is everything you want
you think you deserve everything you want
now you're getting older
your whole life is over
the glass stares right back - you watch yourself disappear
in the bathroom mirror - like so many others
in tunnel vision we see ourselves with eyes wide open
lying awake at night hating ourselves
for not living the life that we should have led
life is so long when there?s nothing worth living for
life is so long when there?s no one else