The Side Character

Are You Okay

We as one
Have yet to listen
Or understand
The how's and why's of a persons feelings
We avoid empathy
Ignore sympathy
And shame those who dare stand
And explain how
They feel like they have no chance
We ridicule those who
Ignore hunger
And make fun of those who can't
We joke when a person has red lines
Drawn against their arm
As they laugh it off
And say their cat scratched them
We forget to wonder
When they ever had a cat
So days go pass
And instead of worrying about an unknown cat
We're worrying about an unseen person
Then when faced with a wanting for help from "trusted adults"
Those same trusted adults
Chuckle and shake their heads
Everyone has a sob story
Is what they said
So we walk away
Try to clear our mind
But then mothers ask how our day was
And after a full second of deciding
Whether to lie or start crying
We mumble the word
Good
A synonym for
I'll just cry tonight