how we get like this

We live. We judge one another. We don't say thank you. We sleep too little.
We eat crappy food. We don't say I'm sorry. We read fashion magazines.
We work at jobs that harm us in some way. We don't tell ourselves the truth.
We distract ourselves. We pretend things are OK. We sell ourselves out.
We love conditionally. We keep score. We pick the wrong battles. We eat cookies for dinner.
We wish. We hide. We worry about what other people think. We have to be right.
We get scared but won't say so. We make the same mistakes over and over again.
We get old. We try to be something other than what we are. We blame people.
We blame ourselves. We feel guilty. We have no remorse. We think violence is entertainment.
We imagine that things will save us from ourselves. We look the other way.