She Works Hard For It, Honey

How hard do we work to
get what we want?
Sacrificing time for the hope that
we can have enough
in the future
... maybe?
Storing the hope that some day our diligence
will get us somewhere.

I'm scrambling
to work over time
just so that I can make sure
we have enough to spend.
That our bank account is full
so we can enjoy all we want
with the little time we have
         saved      away

And we're reaching our limits.
Budgets we set for ourselves
so we don't

overexert.

pour too much into the future
that cuts into the present.

When we get that paycheck,
we spend every penny of it.
Draining the account until
someday we have enough to
do it all over again.

I've invested in a high risk stock.
Plunged into uncertainty
until fear and anxiety took over.

But I finally understood what those professors
had been saying all along;
About high risk investments with
high return.