Despair

He’d been a straight laced straight A student

Ended up working the pit

Never going to show ambition

Because he feels he’s not worth a shit

Pull yourself up by the bootstraps

The guiding hands were heard to shout

You’re gonna get trapped in the rat trap

If you don’t pull your finger out

Why should he ever work any harder

He’s not going anywhere

The only thing that’s getting larger

Is his inner sense of despair

He’d been a straight laced straight A student

He’d just never seemed to fit

Couldn’t swing his peers with charisma

Because he felt he’s not worth a shit

Now he feels his time it is pointless

Why bother carrying on?

Reaching for the hangman’s necklace

If only he had had someone

Twist a hook into the timber

This method leaves no mess

Condolences go to his parents

This option seems to be for the best

He’d been a straight laced grade A student

His life had now come to this

Clamber on up to the ceiling

If only there had been a quick fix