I don't know who "you" are. All I know is that there is a wall between "you" and "me". And that wall makes me special. I peek through this wall and demonize the existence of "you" as less complex and more evil than me. I interpret your collective ideas as dangerous and general instead of You being a diverse wide group of individuals as special and deep thinking as myself. I walk into a crowd and they are You. None of them are me. You are judging me and scaring me and You are all monotonous robots that I fear instead of people just as afraid of me as I am of You. And for the individuals I forget exist they are me and I am the You that I fear. While I build up my wall and pretend You are all the same and I am better off alone I forget that you're doing the same with me. I walk down a street surrounded by you and convince myself that You are judging my walk and my presence when in reality you're too busy worrying the same to do so. This is a letter to You who does not exist. You the general you who are robots that I think are evil. And this is also a letter to you. The individual as complex and thoughtful and scared as myself who I'm inviting over my wall. Come join me.
YOU ARE READING
We as Humans
PoetryGolden threads from a dirt human. Poetry and philosophy that I write for me and share for you. (Cover art by Gabriel Levesque/@oskadesign)