"What We Can"

We all do what we can, but
we should do what we would:
- if we were in our own right mind, and
- if our will was good,
- if our hearts were less destroyed
illusions, less decayed
if our reactions were less hard:

if we were less betrayed.

Instead we gather up our scars,
our lessons all mapped out
we've learned our eye, our stance, our guard
the limits of our doubt
within which we will execute
a well-intentioned plan: we will
get all

- what we deserve.

We all do what we can.