I'm done

I want to leave now,
Leave behind everything
And never come back ever.
I'm done.

Sick and tired,
Drained and deflated,
Breathless, exhausted,
Content and counting --
Hours, days, weeks and months.

False prestige, honour battles,
Race for money,
Quest for castles,
Ego tussles, family squabbles.

I'm sick, tired, exhausted,
I want to leave now,
'Cause I'm done.

-- SS

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