What Did The Universe Do To Deserve This?

you are not dead but not merely living.

toss out the broken shards of glass from

the living room and into the alley where

people fill their lives with the remains

of others. stare at the mirror long enough

and you'll believe it reveals every ugly

truth you've tried to hide. Good liars

work hard at fooling the mirror. Sit in

your silence and question the fairness

of the world that neglects your obvious

genius, the world doesn't know what

it's missing out on. Flush the remains

down the toilet, no one cares, no one

thinks about where the pipes lead to.

They lead everywhere and anywhere.

That piece of yourself excreted into a

void that you don't mind. It's not so

easy getting older and letting that

optimism get beaten in the back of

the head with a shovel and then

tossed into the ditch, warm blood

soaking the soil as the same shovel

is used to bury the crime. there is

no guilt in those actions, just the

understanding that what had to be

done was done and there is nothing

that you or anyone else can do about

it now. Stop crying about your child

hood. It's not as wonderful as you

remember. Glossed over memories

make the walls shine brighter. If you

remove the filter you will understand

the way things have always been. It

is highly probable that things will

always continue in some form or

fashion as they are now, the times

will change but behaviors don't. We

are primates too primitive to ever

learn the lessons of our lives. We are

the bad karma of the universe perpe

tuating itself endlessly. Give up the

dream if you wish to set yourself free.

Step out from behind your desk, step

out from the building you are in and

let that air fill your lungs, exhale and

break into a sprint, rip off your clothes

and let the sun fall upon you as it did

for our ancestors.