Deserve Poem by Gary Diamond

I don't like to go on and on about what I deserve
What I should have, and what I shouldn't be stuck with.
I'm like this because I used to make the effort
Of ten times, nine times it'd fall flat
The other made the mistakes worthwhile.
Gotta learn something while we're here.

It's in my nature to pin hope on this flimsy promise
To attach significance to wonder I can't explain
So no wonder I'm in pain
So no wonder I drink to stop suffering.
When Pandora's Box is open
It takes some effort to get it closed again.

What do we really deserve.
The ironies should die.
The people who get it all for nothing
Who deal in silver spoons and other riches
Should be given a minimum wage and a wife that nags.
Then they can taste life at the bottom of the food chain.
While the underachievers, the nearly-but-never-quites
Should get a taste of glory at least once.

That's what we deserve.
It's who we are to wonder.