Everybody, No One And Some

Truths and roses have thorns about them. - Thoreau

no one knows how to jack up a car until a tire goes flat

no one gets a dog when they'd rather have a cat

no one stays quiet when they'd rather be talking

everybody's a hero until mortality comes knocking

everybody knows the way until they come to a fork in the road

everybody wants more until it's time to carry a heavy load

everybody wants a rose until they bleed from a thorn

everybody's innocent until they day they're born

everybody loves god until the devil introduces himself

everybody's tall until they can't reach the top shelf

everybody's obedient until they exercise free will

everybody wants more until the waiter brings the bill

everybody wants a drink until the well runs dry

everybody's a christian when it comes time to die

no one knows what clouds are until they've seen a clear, blue sky

some people laugh when they ought to cry

Author's Note

"Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness." - Thoreau