Never What it Seems

Life is never what it seems.

When we’re young, all we want to do, is grow up.

Well growing up isn’t fun.

You wish,

You dream,

You get hurt.

But nothing happens if you don’t act.

But there is that fear.

Fear of being hurt,

Fear of failing.

Because while we were growing up

We were yelled at,

We were scolded,

We got hurt.

All because we failed on the smallest thing.

A math problem,

Reading aloud,

Spelling out words.

So we become scared on what to do.

We keep our distance,

And we create fantasies that we hope will come true.

But we’ll never pursue.

Because the way we say life is…

Is a lie.

That we’ll never undo.

Because Life isn’t what it seems.

We put on masks so that no one will see us.

Us breaking,

Our lives,

The truth.

Because you need to be strong.

For yourself,

For others,

For your family.

You know that at this moment in time

People become weak,

No one is strong,

But you need to be.

For them,

For mom.

Because she is hurting so much

And if she knew,

If she knew.

That you’re sick of being alone,

Sick of her and dad being gone for so long,

Sick of crying yourself to sleep.

All because you’re trying to be strong,

When you’re weaker than them all.

Yet, you keep on going.

Pretending to be strong.

So mom and dad can teach so far away,

Because it’s what they love.

So you put on your mask,

To live a lie.

All Because…

Life isn’t what the way you pictured it.