They Never Told You

They really never told you.

You never knew when you were young.

That this day when you grow up is the day when little by little the angel in you diminishes and so the demon in you emerges.

They never told you the mistakes you will make you will never be able to erase.

It’s permanent. It’s done and no eraser will make it undone.

They never told you, the smile; how often you draw it is how often you will win.

You learn about the screams. You learn about the tears.

This is how you will get mommy’s hug.

This how you will get your stuff.

I know. I know. At first, it was a bluff.

Then it gets tough.

You learn to scream alone. You learn to tone it down and the tears will remain only your own.

How awful you will feel? You are the victim of self.

The more gloom and doom, that’s the clarity of life.

That’s what you think. That’s what they said. That’s what they keep saying.

“Welcome to the real world”, a greeting you will get.

They never taught about the laugh, the half arched smile on your face; how powerful it is.  

They never taught us how to make the whole world a different round.

Until it’s late, then we start to learn and sometimes we don’t even learn how to turn it around.

How to make the angel in us emerges and the demon diminishes?

They never taught us.