Disturbing the Status Quo
by Michael Doyle

With a direct look filled with woe,
Life is disturbing the status quo.
A shotgun wedding points the way,
Niagara Falls charges the path that stays.

Pennies have been thrown away
As if only a ghost from yesterday.
Champagne and oysters fed our lines.
These showed we loved as Valentines.

The monsters are a cut down the page,
Filled with angst and moments of rage.
It's a killing time when we try to breathe.
It's in the insinuations of life that we deceive.

Deceiving ourselves and others through the pain,
It's nobody's fault that we're all insane.
Nobody knows why life happens to us all.
If there's an actual reason, we don't recall.

Life and love are for the birds who have flown.
It all fades into the lesser great unknown.
Life is like murder, she once wrote,
We are the fire starters that won't devote. 

(c) July 13, 2026   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved