to that kid in kindergarten crying

because your pencil’s tip broke, save your tears,

worse will may happen in your life.

someone  will may steal your pencil from your satchel.

or your parents will may go too broke to afford one

your parents will may find jobs in another town

& you will have no choice but to leave your town

leaving behind everything you are familiar with:

your old home; your old school; your old friends…

the friends you will make will may one day outgrow you

& you will have no choice but to hang out with that cousin

with an annoying laugh who smokes in the church.

to that kid in kindergarten crying

because your pencil’s tip broke, save your tears,

worse will may happen in your life

that little crush of yours in your class

that makes your Mondays more blissful than Sundays

will may change school the week she finally says yes

your love of years will may leave you one day

leaving you questioning love & everything in between.

or you will may find out your wife of ten years

has been cheating with a man ten years younger than you

& that that ten-years-old son you named

after your father is their love-child

your parents will may fall out of love & divorce

& you will have no choice but to move in with a step mom/dad

who may never step up for you when you want him to

or one (or both) of your parents, god forbid, will may die…

to that kid in kindergarten crying

because your pencil’s tip broke, save your tears,

worse will may happen in your life.

your country will may go into war

& you will have no choice but to run for refuge

to other lands that will give terrors instead

or you, god forbid, will  may watch

the people you dearly love die in that war

you will may end up with a terminal disease,

every breath drawn in feeling like the last

to that kid in kindergarten crying

because your pencil’s tip broke, save your tears.

worse will may happen in your life

worse will may happen in your life

to that kid in kindergarten crying

because your pencil’s tip broke, save your tears…

save your tears, worse will may happen in your life

MK loves dark rooms, coffee, moon-gazing, folk music (Arizona JJ's to be exact) and conspiracies. He tweets (rarely) @mk_kuol14.