why are we all
so damaged
and so broken
and hurt so much
why is it that pain
and sorrow
should unite us
and we all harbor
these metal weights
upon our backs
that make us drag our feet,
hunch our backs
and alter our posture
so that we cannot
look up to the sun
or look at the faces
of our
fallings brothers and sisters
but so that
we can only look
at the
hard
gray
cement.
why should we normalize these feelings?
do you want our children
to ache
the way that we do?
-n.c
