Living in a World We Can't Afford

Living in a world we can't afford

Year round struggling to make ends meet

So limited as we reach

to be more

We try and we try

Cutting out desires here and there

Just to keep

the minimum bare

We have goals

Dreams

That we must put on hold

All so we can just survive

And not die

Our arms stretched to the stars

In a pitch black night

Begging

Pleading

For some light

Any amount to shine

Giving us hope

Security

Any kind of rope

In which we can grasp for

And call our own