Why?

Why

Why

Why some people can only jump,

While others fly

Have you ever wondered why?

Why we jump nearly reaching the stars,

Then plummet to the earth like an asteroid burning up

In the atmosphere

Why people’s words

Sting,

Like whips slashing our backsides

Leaving scars that fade

However the memories burn,

A hole in our mind like a branding iron on a cow’s rawhide

I wonder why,

Our hearts let our walls be broken

Torn down as if they were made of blankets and pillows

To the boy who doesn’t cherish our heart

Nor do they treat it as delicately as a rose should be treated

Why children

Have scars on their arms

Scars that they put there so they could feel something

Anything even if it hurts

As if they had become hollow

Barren like the Arabian Desert

When they start to think the pain is ending,

Like they are finally getting a break

From this never ending torcher chamber called life

The world steps up and swings a baseball bat right into their mid-section

Making sure the fall right back to ground

Have you ever wondered why?