Lifers
Lifers are the type of folks
Who sit down for their lunch
And all they’ve got to talk about
Is work while they all munch
They’re given thirty minutes or
A full hour to break
To clear their minds of their work day
A short reprieve to take
And all they can come up with is
To keep talking about
The project that they’re working on
Or just complain and pout
About the duties they’re assigned
To earn their precious pay
The topics that they talk about
Is such a short array
It makes me shake my head to see
The followers and sheep
Who cannot speak on a topic
That’s spiritual or deep
They go the easy route and just
Speak of the job they do
The future of the company
And how it affects you
Breaks are opportunities
To let yourself stay fit
For love of God, go for a walk
And get outside a bit!
See and smell and feel the air
And realize there’s more
Than just the company that you
Presently do work for
Next time that discussion veers
Towards the same routine
Be a warrior, speak up
And wipe the topic clean
“Why don’t we change the subject
To something else instead
Other than this job that we
Can’t get out of our head?”
That’s the point of breaks, to take
The opportunity
For thirty minutes or an hour
To let yourself be free
Do not be a Lifer and
Speak just about your grind
‘Cause after doing that enough
Pretty soon you will find
That you are taking it back home
When you have gone off shift
And you’ll be squandering free time
That is a precious gift
The Lifers waste their off shift time
Still talking about work
And all the other things they could
Be doing, they just shirk
I promise you, there’ll come a day
When that job won’t be there
Regardless of how hard you work
Or how much you may care
And then you’ll realize just how
Dependent you have been
On that job for discussion
When not at that machine
Or office desk, cash register
Work van or restaurant
The absence of your nine to five
Will staggeringly haunt
Unless you open up your eyes
And recognize there is
More to life than where you work
And talking strictly biz
~Miro
