Why do we ignore obvious tragedy? (The Plague)

I mean, it's right there in your face. Everything you ever knew as concrete is dissolving. Everything that you held on to to remind you that this life you are living has meaning is disappearing. No one around can explain or even console you. So, why are you still sitting here with a painted smile across your tired face? Could it be that you are in denial? You may not want to accept the fact that everything that you've ever known as real is now only memory. You may not want it to appear to others that you are cracking on the inside. That you are no longer this strong individual whom some used to look up to. Holding on to your pride. You make be trying to hold together the sanity of others. They look to you for comfort and their comfort shattering means a hysterical people. Could it be that you are in shock? You are passed denial. You have accepted that tragedy has come to your front door, but now you are having trouble acting against it. You don't know what to do next and quite frankly you don't want to think about it. You're thinking about everything and everyone you love and how all of that must and will now change. Or could it be that you have hope for the future? You find no point in worrying about what is in front of you because you have hope that it will all pass and everything will go back to normal. This is only a phase, something that you are being put through just to become a stronger individual. But that's the thing. Tragedy is not a phase. Tragedy strikes suddenly and takes almost all   very quickly. You cannot ignore it. You cannot expect things to be the same in the future because they won't. You HAVE to accept it. Because it will shape the rest of your life. Nothing from that point on will feel, taste, smell, sound, or look the same to you. Something will remind you of this tragedy.

An Open Letter To Parents (Not Mine)

Parents, Parents, Parents. Let me first start by saying just because you are the authority and because you are much older than us, that does NOT mean that you know everything. The world is not how it was when you were growing therefore there are some things you have to learn from us. Parents always use the excuse "I want you to have a better life than I did" or "I do it because I love you." Well, you know, some things don't work as far as teaching us lessons. For example, putting us on punishment just makes us more angry at you. It does not guaranteed that we will not make the same mistake again because we most likely we will. Why? Because we are children! We do not think of the consequences of our doings and you bickering and nagging about how something is going to affect us will not change our minds. You guys must realize that just because you warn us of things because you've experienced them yourself does not mean that we have automatically learned a lesson. We must experience things and live our own lives to learn! On another note, please listen to us! You could avoid so much backtalk, confrontation, and frustration if you just let us say what we have to say. We might actually be saying something that would make the whole situation make sense to you. Don't just automatically think that because we are young that we know nothing! Geez. Ehem. And lastly. Lastly, pay attention to us. We grow up and we stop wanting to share things with you because you began to form a life our own. That does not always mean we are going through some puberty phase. We may actually need you and may feel too embarrassed, afraid, or may not know how to approach the subject with you. Life is not like Full House, The Brady Bunch, or The Cosby Show. Everything is not always picture perfect and obvious. Okay, I'm done.
- Just Another Misunderstood Kid