E&F

there are some things you gotta be okay with.
there are a lot of things that you don't have to be okay with
and you can change those
those willing to be changed.
its not easy to be okay when you've believed their own lie
or vice versa.
move somewhere quiet
no traffic car fumes gasoline alley horns construction hipsters or
cops
maybe park rangers
but no cops.
is that what happens over time?
you become whittled down
into this nub of a human
a stub of compromises and validation?
or maybe your beliefs aren't in line with the world around you
your morals may be different
and you fit nowhere
because you don't like the way it fits.
the man is a creature of habits
consistency
ride the wave to the shores of a soft sandy beach
and lay down
face first
as the warm sand sticks to your face
and you want to be swallowed by it entirely.
some people never even get a chance to stand up on the board.
or paddled out.
some are still waiting for their wave.
and some,
i feel
like me
are just trying to keep from falling in the water
and be ripped to shreds
by the shark humans.