Humanity

Empty footfalls down forgotten trails
Trials face by one and all
And yet

We've grown apart, you and I
But the "you" I knew isn't what I recall
The "I" I've become is gone

Humanity wonders why we hate
But hatred is simply a misunderstanding
A fear
THE fear

We keep it hidden inside but
All we want
What we ALL want
Is the very thing pushing us apart

Love is blind but humanity sees too much
We fear the unknown and when other love what we don't
We fear them
We learn to hate them

So please try to understand why I cry at night
Humanity woke up too soon
And our collective dream dies more each day

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This was inspired by "I of The Storm" by Of Monsters and Men, and a car ride where I stared out the window and into the open windows of the houses we drove past.

Quite suddenly, humanity was made clear. And yet, this clarity frightens me.