just living because i have to live

[Billy]

just living because i have to live

some body told me
sidled up close
in an alley

behind me whispered
into the nape of my neck
i couldn't move

almost gave it all up right there

like a thief putting back
everything he ever stole

visiting each crime scene
breaking in to return stolen goods

just to live
without purpose

and steal it all over again

[BobBradshaw]

Another clever one. Makes me think most of us if given the chance to do it over would live pretty much the way we do now....as this "thief" longs to do here.

[Kenneth2816]

Sinister undertones. I've never been robbed at knife or gunpoint, but I would write this if I had.