Put This to Memory

I want to tell you it will be easy.

I want you to believe

That if you work hard enough

Long enough

You will be rightly rewarded

For your effort...

This was the first lie

I had to memorize

I want to tell you to be kind

Above all else 

Because kindness begets kindness

And no good deed goes unnoticed

This too

Had to be put to memory

It is no doubt the biggest crock of shit

And will do you the most harm

Most of all

I wish I could tell you

Our law is just

And stands on the side of right

But right does not mean legal

And ethics is the first thing to get tossed

On the psych assessment

Of the brutal enforcers 

For the laws as they are written

Must be upheld

Lest our society expose its weakness

And starts to care too much.

The only thing that matters

Is you are on your own

Love while you can

Laugh every chance you get

And never let them break you

We need you

More than you've yet to realize

In spite of every wrong 

That will be done against you

Every hurt that is undeserved

You only win

By not letting them.

NH

2013