Resign, and the future

We give what others ask for 
share what they want 
and keep the unwanted to ourselves.

We work and seek to do 
better things within and 
imagine the future in a fantasy past. 

We agree and seek communion from 
others through approval on 
what we already decided upon.

We work for others most of the time 
making it mine for the short period 
we have ownership over it.

We feign grateful for the chance 
while planning to abandon it 
along with the recipients.

Instead we set out
to toil in another direction
for strangers yet to be known.

The chill at the end of summer coming 
no comfortable mornings for months, 
resigns the expectation upon waking for warmth.