Is This It?

Is this really all life holds,
The same mediocre routine day in and day out.
The boring rhythm of normality,
Living each day over again.

Where's the passion,
The love and excitement.
This wasn't the life I wanted,
How did I stray so far.

I taste nothing,
Dust and ash.
No fruits or desires,
How can life be so cruel.

Is it sad that you must never know love,
The one true joy in life.
Why does it keep evading me,
Always mirages and illusions.

What have I done to deserve this,
How can I atone for my mistakes.
Is it too late to start all over,
Is the fourth quarter finished.

Are all the good ones gone by now,
Does it really even matter.
Life is not meant to be endured alone,
Maybe I am still stuck in a dream.

What makes me get up every morning,
And fill these morose shoes.
The threat of failing,
I know too well.

Why pick yourself up,
When nothing ever changes.
What a waste of breath,
No one is around to hear.

Is all hope lost,
Is this my destiny.
Can I change my future,
Or is my book published.

What I wouldn't do to see the ending,
To know my place in life.
Is it a happy ending,
Is this it?