Unbelievably Unbelievable

“There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst.”


You think somehow along the way, you have made peace with them,
which was something you should do before you made peace with yourself,
which was something that remains the hardest to do.

You think somehow along the way, you have grown to understand one another,
which was something you once thought was impossible,
which was something you once wouldn't even think to try.

You think somehow along the way, you have succeeded to make them proud,
which was something you once used to long for,
which was something you once painstakingly wished for.

You think somehow along the way, you have been treated as a person,
which was something everyone would love to be treated as,
which was something better than to be treated as a schmuck,
or worse, to have been made you feel like one.

You think somehow along the way, you have forgotten the past pain,
which was something that haunts you all the way,
which was something that shadows every corner of your life.

You think somehow along the way, you have finally found your parents,
which was something you tend to keep for the rest of your life,
which was when you realized that you may be wrong all this time.

Maybe all this time along the way, you thought wrong.
Maybe all this time, you were just the same.
Maybe all this time, you haven't gotten anywhere.