Do you know what uniformly causes most pain?
It is rising inflation, time and again
No health issue including a global pandemic
Gives you the same feeling of being sick
As watching prices rise every day
Subject to the market forces at play
When each fuel refill costs you much more
Your heart aches for the price you paid before
Now that it’s time to socialize after two years
You have a dwindling bank balance to fear
So partying hard seems like a distant dream
Delayed gratification remains the dominant theme
You wonder why this decade seems to be
Determined to not let you live freely..
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Each time you open your purse strings
You are annoyed thinking of all the things
That are less affordable, but the feeling goes away fast
As you replay the events of the pandemic years past
Suddenly you are grateful to be alive and well
What you face now is just a lean financial spell
You remind yourself that you still have enough
You can keep going though the going is tough
Passion...unbridled 