WE'RE JUST ORPHANS IN A TIDAL WAVE'S WAKE

I think its an overlooked, but shocking fact

that all of our parents will eventually die.

And, when they die, hopefully of old age, we will all be much older than we are now.

We will be rational, established adults, hit with a natural, but nevertheless devastating tragedy.

With our greying hair and smile lines around our mouths, we will cower and pull the shades closed, alone in our darkened bedrooms.

We will lie down, quietly, with our eyes closed.

Our knees will tuck into our chests, and we will become old orphans.

-ANNA F-S