Life Is Hard

Alarm on the floor

Missed calls on the screen

Coffee on the shirt

Bus leaving the scene

Rent due on Monday

Hope ran out last June

Hug my fraying hoodie

Like it's some kind of proof

Life is hard

But I'm harder to kill

Bent out of shape

But I'm bending still

I break down

Then I breathe

Then I build

Life is hard

But I'm harder to kill

Mom's voice in a voicemail

"Call me when you can"

I'm tired of pretending

There's some master plan

Two friends in the doorway

Say

"We brought some fries"

Salt on my fingers

Tears in my eyes

Life is hard

But I'm harder to kill

Bent out of shape

But I'm bending still

I break down

Then I breathe

Then I build

Life is hard

But I'm harder to kill

Maybe the win

Is just waking up

Answering one text

Refilling one cup

Life is hard

But I'm harder to kill

Bent out of shape

But I'm bending still

I break down

Then I breathe

Then I build

Life is hard

But I'm here

I'm here

Still.