I AM humanity

We mourn because the world is a dark and troubled place

we dance because the world is a dark and troubled place

we cry from heart ache

and we laugh because of that same ache 

we rejoice in hopes of days better

weeping often 

having faith in better days unseen 

we pretend not, but believe

because someone has to

else we all drown 

in what is seen. 

I feel the deepest of these pains

weighing heavy on me

In my simplicity and in my smiles

you have judged me 

in my silence and in my laughter 

you have pinned me ignorant

but I have cried for you.

who cares if I am simple or complex

whether i hurt or feel what you can't or won't 

I know nothing more perhaps than any man

but I know pain 

and compassion too

it moves me to do something 

anything 

for you.

my heart hurts often for you

I am humanity 

we can't separate I from you.