sometimes people forget that I have problems

sometimes people don't realize how bad they may be

the things I have to deal with day to day

the sadness my life has to see

*

except

we all forget

about others

and their stress

we forget about each other

we live in our own little worlds

because we can't gather

what it's like to be someone else

so we get pushed away

for not understanding

finding the wrong words to say

for offending one

who is simply having a bad day

*

maybe we all

come off

too harsh

at times

we all mess up

we all give up

and want to take things back

and we can't.