At The Other Side Of Every Rainbow Is A Mine Field Of Unanswerable Rhetoric

Humanity is sick. Humanity is fragile. We come into the world being taught the opposite of these fundamental truths. We are taught that everyone is equal, that everyone deserves a chance. But the world teaches us differently. It doesn’t care who you are— only what you’re worth, only what you can give before you are broken. But the truth is sharper— there are no guarantees, only chances taken and chances lost. What good were our promises, besides failed ideals? And what good are ideals when no one is held to them? Their losses have taught me: we aren’t the sum of our flaws— we are the sum of our virtues. Even if those virtues are selfish. Even if we don’t deserve a second chance. The world can take everything you have in an instant, but you have to give it your pride. And you have to give hope to the lies we tell to heal the world.