Only To Be Miserable Poem by RIC BASTASA

how is it that everyday you
do what you do not really want doing
but just the same you do it.

call it a mandate of society.
call it law and you are its servant.

call it an appointment, the one which
you wished, prayed for and prayed so hard all along
until it was granted.

handed to you and you celebrate life
and you said all the prayers of thanks
and you thank all your friends and patrons
and you show them what is it to feel this
kind of success.

only to be miserable.
a fact.