Why?

Why?

One word. One question. So many answers.

Why?

I don't know. Maybe because my brain doesn't work right.

Why?

I don't know. Maybe because I can't control my body.

Why?

I don't know. Maybe because I'm just different.

Why?

If I have to give one answer, it's just this: I don't know.

Why?

I don't know why, and sometimes I really wish I did.

Why?

I don't know.

Posted in response to the challenge Why?.

Fainting Goat

UT

15 years old

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  • Four Years

    I'm scared.

    I can't believe we're here

    Again.

    I can't believe this is reality

    Again.

    Four years

    They say.

    It's only four years.

    But it's four years

    Of a living hell for me.

    They laugh

  • The Sorrow

    The sorrow I know

    Is like no other.

    It is too deep

    Too raw

    Too real.

    And as I stand here

    Within its everlasting clutches

    I find little bursts of hope.

    And these little burst of light