I Don't Attend the Parade Anymore

I don't attend the parade anymore

I have lived the sad story and danced the dance, but alas,

All the work left to be done feels like a chore

I am too young to have witnessed the gore

But the fight I face seems to be at a constant impasse

I don't attend the parade anymore

I used to find social issues impossible to ignore

I would protest and fly flags while standing on the grass

All the work left to be done feels like a chore

Finding work in social services felt like a score

I could learn to be professional and not so crass, perhaps

I don't attend the parade anymore

I advocate and help people in work I adore

But more often than I'd like, I'm sitting on my ass

All the work left to be done feels like a chore

I wanted work in social services to feel like something more

To emanate that feeling I felt when I was in class

All the work left to be done feels like a chore

I don't attend the parade anymore