Threads: Living By The Numbers

 08/21/24

I am a number 
In a bank account; 
Checking to see 
How much I count

Must ever increase 
My net worth, 
To prove the value 
Of my birth

Though I married 
I live alone; 
Never this name 
On banker’s loan

I keep my heart 
Inside a vault, 
This numbers game 
Does dreams halt

Entitled is 
My arbitrage, 
Vengeance for 
Self-sabotage

My life grows stale - 
Numbers take hold; 
My sole direction 
By them is told; 
Abandoned hearts 
Die in the cold.