awfully human

i’ve written before with sadness

thinking about how this seemingly unbearable feeling

is completely and tragically unoriginal

spoke of how this fact makes it all seem so insignificant

so unimportant

but hang on;

there’s another angle to be seen

no matter who you are

where you’ve been

what you are doing

and how other people see you

you are just as human as everyone else

just as awfully human

everybody you see

no matter how put together they seem

on the inside

they have insecurities too

they’ve fallen before

fallen

this has been the trend since the beginning

every human ever

they’ve had these very same feelings of inadequacy

felt forgotten at some point

we can’t let these times get us down

whether down means feeling alone and misunderstood

nobody could possibly relate

or down and feeling worse because it’s happened to everyone

but still seems catastrophic to you

because if there’s someone who pretends it’s not true

never felt anything like this, so they can stand tall

well then that is the one who is the least human of all