What I Don’t Understand

Why do humans love to tear this apart with words that stab into their hearts and kill them inside?

Why do we splash words around like they're puddles when they're actually tsunamis?

W h y?

That's the real goddamn question.

W h y?

But there's never a valid answer.

W h y?

Because I wanted to.

W h y?

Because I felt like it.

W h y?

Because you're still alive.

W h y?

Why not?

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Humans love to do things just because they can. Just because they want to. Just because they feel like it. Just because it feels good. Just be because it boosts their ego. Just because it hurt someone that wasn't them.

Why did you shoot that man?

Because I could.

Why did you drive that girl to suicide?

Because she was there.

Why did you push that boy to anorexia?

Because he was weaker than I was.

Why did you do that?

Stop.

Stop!

S t o p.

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We are not what we are labeled as.

We are not who they think we are.

We are not stuck up, prudes, sluts, whores, b*tches.

We are none of those.

Labels shouldn't be able to define us, words shouldn't be able to tear us down, sentences shouldn't be able to kill us inside.

But they do.

We live in a world where people hate people, where girls hate girls, where boys hate boys, where humans hate humans.