Snail

i wanted to be a snail
to hide comfortably in my shell
and for a moment avoid this hell
we live day to day

i wanted to walk as low
as snails do
and have the luxury to rest
whenever I felt like

but as i walked down the street
i saw slithering on the concrete
a snail without a shell
moving faster than an ant

I searched a few feet up and saw,
the shell was broken, smashed up,
almost as if someone stepped on it
and freed the snail
from all the weight it carried on