{"sf1_id":469418,"sf2_id":"Vm2XK3G1","title":"Why is it all so hard?","author":"RalysEtnedra","words":274,"posted_at":"2012-12-02T05:47:00.000Z","tags":["Fantasy","Love","Poem","Poetry","Thought Provoking"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/469418-why-is-it-all-so-hard","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2XK3G1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/fe/4a/fe4ad571-4292-439d-9143-420c217b3ccc","description":"I wrote this just now, in like 5 minutes, so it's a little rough. Please tell me what you think.","content":"Why is it all so hard?\n\nAm I that different?\n\nOr just insane?\n\nNo.\n\nIt can't be that simple.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhy are people so quick to judge?\n\nAre they so empty?\n\nOr just angry?\n\nNo.\n\nThey are people too.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI create my own problems.\n\nAll your problems are in your head too.\n\nYou think it's hard?\n\nIt's not.\n\nYou can never see until it's too late.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI create my own worlds.\n\nMany of you do this too.\n\nDo your worlds make you happy?\n\nI hope so.\n\nBecause sometimes mine just remind me of where I really am.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis state we are all in.\n\nNone of you like it.\n\nI know you don't.\n\nThat's the whole point.\n\nWe can hate it together.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis fantasy we all share.\n\nThat's really all it is.\n\nMost of you know this.\n\nThat is it's very nature.\n\nWe must despair together.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;Is that not the fate of all things?\n\nSo why not just let it be?\n\nLet's all play in the fields of our fantasy.\n\nPerhaps we won't notice when judgment day arrives.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHas that not been the goal all along?\n\nWhy does it matter if outsiders deem us base?\n\nWe can all play together.\n\nWe can ignore this world, yet find love within it.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIs it our condition that makes us lonely?\n\nIt seems to be the opposite for them.\n\nThe populace revels in their limitations.\n\nWhy can't we... or I... do the same?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIs it my upbringing that makes me different?\n\nI can't seem to find myself anywhere.\n\nOthers make it look so easy.\n\nWhy is it all so hard?\n\n  \n  \n\n"}