you know, I wonder
why such things happen to us
and to others too
we just long for love
longing for something to stay
to make us human
but how will we know?
how will we know what will stick
without cruelty?
I’m not even sure
no matter what we live by
we are meant to hurt
until it’s worth it?
but what about the others?
other that we’ve left behind?
well that’s our journey
we get lost finding ourselves
and crash as we go
and learn how to walk
with our crooked smiles displayed
saying we’re alive
that’s what our lives mean
we can’t help but be cruel
until we wake up
aren’t we just young?
or maybe this is adulting?
maybe, I don’t know
and that’s cruelty
gifted by the universe
so we can be us
so that we’ll realize who we were
who we are now
and who we will become
