I’m Somehow Here

I’m somehow here

I could be there

But I’m here 

Some have died and they are no longer

We never know when our time will come 

We never know and we pretend like we’ll live forever 

We live in an imaginary state 

We don’t see things as they truly are 

We see them through the lense of our own experiences, our own values 

We see our place in the world based on what we’ve been told we’re good for 

What we can do and what we can’t 

We follow the rules 

Some are good and some are harsh

Some bend us and some break us

But we still follow them 

Even when they make us cry

Even when we want to die