26 April 2020

26 April 2020

some people say 

you should write quick 

to know what you feel about something, 

but i don’t see why, when there are so many 

words we jump to out of habit or 

necessity that don’t really represent 

how it is in an 

unfiltered moment.

we say we’re angry, 

but what we’re experiencing 

is powerlessness against injustice. 

the world should be one way, but we 

live in an unbalanced other.

we say we’re sad, but really 

it’s hope unfulfilled.

happiness, security actualized. 

but it’s easier to use those band-aids 

and quicker too. 

so we use sadness 

when we really mean that 

she was supposed to be here and couldn't.

say we’re mad when 

they were supposed to love

 me but didn't.

and happy for 

deep woods campfires, 

and sandy toes in 6:00am oceans, and

sleepy dusk crickets keeping time to 

Benny Goodman crackling 

out of an antique radio.

how can one word mean so many different things?

why do we ask it to?