Reality

Tears flow softly
gently
down cheek
How is it
to be
this weak
a man goes
flying
Out past the rim
but all his
hopes
are floating dim
This is how
nature sent
us all
to lament

the girl
she's pretty
soft
and smooth
but somehow
she won't hurt
to lose
maybe it's sad
to hear the pain
the cascading blood drops
falling like rain
covered in sin
they bitch and bitch
and bitch and bitch
"life's not worth
living"

don't understand
why you always complain?
sing you melancholy
song
with crying refrain.
the images
change
the ideas
the same
"she lied to me"
"he told me lies"
anything you fucking want
everyone cries

have you ever
seen a man?
shot in the street?
we forget these
things
block them out
and when our
souls
begin to shout
we wonder why.
have you ever
seen a man?
truly?
his hands,
calloused from work
his careful smile,
truly mocking smirk?
"my boyfriend dumped
me just the other day.
i wish the whole world
would fade away."

it won't.
don't try.
what's the point?
why do you bother
to cry?

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