Warrior Cats: The Four Clans

and i knew he didn't know anything about me
when he said he knew everything.

they come and go. they come and sculpt linoleum lips. they come and rattle distant feelings. they come and churn hearts in a knot. they come and it's not what you think. they come and live. they come and regret. they come and. they come. they come like aliens. they don't come peacefully.

everyone is unknown. everyone is a stranger. you don't know anything about anyone until you realize you never will. you don't know anything about life until you realize it never will stop. you don't know until you realize you will never be warned. you don't know. you don't. you don't know anything about yourself until you realize that there's too much for you to know. you don't know because sometimes you don't want to know. you don't know until you learn that sometimes what you thought you wanted to know was really something you didn't need to know.

you are both humans. you are fragile glass and chipped mugs. you are crinkled leaves and golden braids and leather book covers. you are broken tears. you are the cause. you are the problem and the solution. you are everything. no, boy, you are nothing. you are. but we both are everything. we together are everything. we don't know. we don't comprehend. we don't guess. we always assume. we don't think.

we don't think. we don't.