we find
pure bliss to be
tain-ted by a lack of
corruption—
to be ignorance
of the suffering
we inflict and
have been
inflicted with—
to be a careless
waste of time
we could be
in pain.
but we’re just jealous
that some can smile
while we scowl,
that some can seem so weightless
while we shuffle our feet,
that some can have an abundance of warmth
while we feel an absence of.