Day 11: Why Not Me?

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Thunder rolls all around me

I hear storm clouds gathering

This burden would squash a man under;

My labors would make Hercules wonder.

Then I survey the possibility

Of my misery on somebody stronger

But I can only ask, “Why not me?”

The man I would be attracts hate.

But then I look around and see fate.

Aint nobody there to lend a hand

Everybody just misunderstand.

Then I survey the possibility

Of my drama on some other brother

And I think to myself, “Why not me?”

Why the hell would somebody else be me?

Which person in this world could I be?

What do I stand to gain without pain?

Could I be refined without the fire?

Then I survey the possibility

Of my pains on a total stranger

So I yield and say, “Why not me?”

Akpan