Cursed Blessings

We are blessed
To be alive and be able
With food and an appetite
To earn a living, save and splurge
With a mind to think and imagine
To be able to move and explore
To be able to see, hear and speak
With a family and bonds
And despite all of this
We are cursed to be unhappy
Cursed to forever look for peace
To eat but not be satisfied
To earn more but still be poor
With anxiety, trauma and horrors
To be able to move but have nowhere to go
To be able to feel but not express
To be bound in bonds but not be connected
To keep on living but not feel alive