RETURN TO SENDER

LIFE IS ASKING OF ME 
MORE THAN I CAN GIVE,
LOVE, PATIENCE, SACRIFICES,
RESTRAINT, AND TO FORGIVE.

TO LOOK INTO THE EYES 
OF THOSE I KNOW DISLIKE ME
AND SMILE,
FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART
LIKE AN INNOCENT CHILD.

TO ENDURE HARDSHIP, 
PAIN AND SUFFERING,
UNTIL MY LAST BREATH 
IS DRAWN.

DEAR LIFE,
FROM WHENCE YOU CAME 
PLEASE RETURN,
TO ME YOU ARE A CONSUMING FIRE
AND I’M THE ONLY ONE 
THAT GETS BURNT.

WILFORD BARKER.