Early morning cracks on heavy eyes
Looking up hoping for a singular light in the sky
Wood creeks under foot and weight
Sleep vanished bewilder from alarm frustrate
Rise to another challenge another call
Rise one
Rise all
Days must be achieved rather than forgotten
A day awake
Rather than a day rotten
I will heed this plastic cases call
Resting on the bedside table
Rather than a wall
The dreaded alarm clock calls
Come one
Come all
Are we really selfish from conception
We asks our mothers to give us life
From the moment of our inception
Taking nutrients blood and life
From deep inside
Of our mothers belly
Asking for oxygen and food
To be taken care of
Regardless of her mood
There is no waiting in beginning
Asking asking asking
Wondering how we will survive
How will our mothers keep us alive
So it makes me wonder
Was I born selfish
Is human nature itself intrinsically selfish
To take rather than to give
Is that the way we begin to live
I understand that life is freely given
By the one who creates us
Whether it be god you believe
Or the forces of nature
It has no relevance in this conversation
I want to ask
Are you selfish
Wanting a life to live and food to eat
Is that the core of the selfish life
Or is it pure survival instincts
We surely cannot sustain life without
It is our job then to destroy selfishness
In the end
To see it’s light burnt out
Dedicated to the last cause
Very devout
People begin
Some grow
Emotionally
Some grow
Old
Some grow
Selfish
Some grow
Cold
We may be born to our selfish ways
As we grow old it is our responsibility
To shed the selfish life for independence
Dignity and responsibility
And that is the way it should be
A Cup of Songwriting 