when I think about life,
a lot of things pop up in my head –
bright and colorful things,
but also darkness
sometimes,
nothing makes sense –
everything hurts and it seems
like there is no reason
to keep going
it’s okay to feel that way, but
there’s something related to that
that’s not okay at all
some people don’t see the pain
in other people’s faces,
some people don’t see anything
that’s going wrong
they just overlook everything
they don’t want to see,
they overlook every bit of negativity
for whatever reason
and that’s not okay.
it’s okay not to be okay,
but it’s never okay
not to care about
how other people feel
or what they’re dealing with
you can’t just overlook everything
that contains a little bit of negativity
because it may be hard to understand
or whatever your reason is
of course it’s hard, but
there are people
who are suffering
on every single day –
it keeps getting worse and worse
and it seems like it won’t change ever
you’re happily not one of them,
but that doesn’t mean
that you’re allowed
to ignore the fact
that this is
the reality
of
so
many
people
it’s definitely hard
to know that,
but
it’s not that hard to be human.