All of the Golden Boxes

So often we are tempted to venture down the path of least resistance.  Faced with challenges and decisions, we visualize our options.  Then in the distance, there is a shinning golden opportunity that seems too good to be true.  Little effort is needed to lift the lid off the solution box that will instantly eliminate what ales you.  Each time you reach for the golden box of pleasent, simple resolution, you realize bits of your soul that are sacrificed.  Box after box, all other options begin to lose any mild attraction to you.  Suddenly people you loved and looked up to no longer express interest in you.  Some cease to see you anymore at all.  Resentment is yet another price to pay as you solve the pain of your loss with complete disacknowledgement.  Why fight for someone to see you? To notice you again? To like you?  That's not what you want from the people you hold dear. Excuse after excuse. Mistake after mistake.  There is only one person to blaim. Luckily, the boxes will never stop showing up.  Each is golden and satisfaction is guaranteed.  Such a bounty of effortless tension relief is worth the price of who you used to be. Without your soul, you'll eventually lose notice that the golden boxes are always, every time, empty.