Flawed, here are the expectations

How else does one explain these manifestations?

The gateway to this seemingly innocuous vacuum

Has swung wide open and taken it all

Lessons learnt, or bridges burnt

Left crushed, confused and a little disturbed

You say it’s all you can take, so life gives you more

Maybe it’s true that all’s fair in love and war

An umbrageous battlefield where you’re expеcted to fight

Smoke-grey clouds and not a glimmеr of light

Take one deep breath despite the lungs are tight

Just find your way out on this endless night