like all deeply insecure people
you seek, not to understand the world
or even yourself,
instead you look for quick fix solutions
hastily taken from the wrong shelf

left alone with your demons
who like to play
they infect your tongue
and poison what you say

i pointed out that the sum of us
could be multiplied by tears
divided by hopes and dreams
and finally subtracted by years

i hope he does –
what i obviously could not
i hope you remember you
and it does not become forgot