and we were so young then
and we were so young, then
we weren't
and we had always been too busy
being too much trouble
being too much to handle
we didn't begin
when we should have begun
and we didn't know we were in wait
when we should have done
for futures we'd have to hold
the weight of in our hands
and we are so used to breaking things
and breaking ourselves
and making messes
and making ruins
and making excuses for our messes and ruins
so things have been broken
and things have been shattered,
on purpose
and not on purpose
because all people who grow up
have to hold onto things,
some people holding onto just something,
and all people who grow up
don't just try not to make messes and ruins,
for all people who grow up
also have to try to make something of
themselves
a long-exposure shot I took of traffic up to Heath Street