Everything is buttoned up
Wrapped up all snug and sure
Tightly wound and firmly bound
The load appears secure
A gargantuan effort
Intended to assure
Still fails to lock us in place
Useless in need of moor
Gravity holds us down
Through friction we ascend
Overcome resistance
Through effort we expend
Avoid disintegration
With which we all contend
While compelled to just scrape by
On that which we depend
Cut loose on life we are taut
Objective is procure
Glutted on our excess
We’re diseased by the cure
To get from here to over there
The path ahead endure
Life will inflict some friction
Existential signature
Friction
The infliction
Unnecessary restriction
Fiction
Crucifixion
Subject of the false depiction
Addiction
An affliction
Insane attempts at interdiction
Conviction
Contradiction
Deviation dereliction
Everyone chafes, some people just grate
Some things must rub the wrong way
So many actions which irritate
Attrition leads to dismay
Far too rigid to then deviate
Constricted – refusal to stray
Bound fast to the clinging aggregate
Abrasion in disarray
Friction
The infliction
Unnecessary restriction
Fiction
Crucifixion
Subject of the false depiction
Addiction
An affliction
Insane attempts at interdiction
Conviction
Contradiction
Deviation dereliction