I have loved humanity.
I have been betrayed by humanity.
I have loved humanity more deeply
from knowing her cruelty.
There's darkness in the world I refused to accept as a child.
I feel old
in the evening
when the sun sets
when the rest of the world
goes to bed.
I feel the gray
hairs sprouting and the wrinkles
carving themselves into my face.
I watch the smoothness
of my skin
dapple and splotch.
It was only a moment ago
I wondered if
I
would ever feel like
an adult.
How I have aged today
, this year
, the last
