Bittersweet Vision
A letter to humanity,
With every new opening eye, I cry
A new sigh, a new eye
Born into this world
Into the flames of splendor do we find ourselves to be
A universe of the unfathomable
A system of the intolerable
I mourn,
for people when I see them,
I mourn,
for the love in which they held, and will lose
I mourn for their mournings
The tears fall like rain upon a sunny day
meant to be cleansing, but end up stirring dirt into mud
Some say that the tears are overbearing and unhealthy
But, I say are quite caring
I care for those with spirits that are daring
I care for spirits that have a hard time sharing
I care for the simple lives and complex ones
I Love their gentle beginnings
Skip past the diaper rash
I watch the people as they pass
Through the trifle of everyday work, an underpass, or mountainpass
I see the dilapidated, and overworked
My eyes never fail to empathize with my heart
I see the anger held within, and the pain they let in
A Trojan horse within
A Trojan horse of invalidation that we’ve fed our soul
We’ve pushed past our gates, and inner walls to our heart
Only to bring forth a brood of bandits
We’ve paid to be there
In the grand system of intricate human beings
I see the pin
The deceptive pin
The one that they’ve tacked their life to be
As we grow, we are brought to the conclusion that we are
To have such a pin in which to decide our entire lives
So we rip our dreams out of our past child’s tapestry
Growing will always be part of our future as humans
We must always burden ourselves with the unwanted thing to do
But one day, it is my hope that this will dissipate
A utopia in which humans are able to see
Not by force of law, or dictatorship,
But able to see this bittersweet vision
So that we may help our fellow person.
So that we may grow
Into the people we were meant to be.
I love you humanity, but you rip my heart out.