POLITICAL Poem: It’s Your Fault, by Alec Manley

The left says its men’s fault
The right says its women’s fault.

Incomplete.

It is our fault.

And more specifically,
Yours.

You.
Reading this.

It’s your fault.

Here’s the truth:

Every man
Has the possibility of being a violent,
Abusive,
Raping,
Serial killer
Who will peel off your skin and wear it for a coat.

Every woman
Has the possibility of being a conniving,
Abusive,
Betraying,
Gold digger
Who will take you for all your worth and leave you in the dirt.

This is not a problem of men or women.
This a human problem.

What do both of you want,
Actually?

Do you even know it?
I’ll tell you,
Because most of you are too cowardly to say.

You want certainty.
You want a promise.
You want a guarantee.

Here’s the truth boys and girls,
The only people who offer guarantees
Are selling something.

Because in the real world,
There are no guarantees.

Everything you have,
Everything you will have,
Everything you could have-

All of it-
Can,
And will,
Be taken away.

You are going to die,
And lose everything.

But if you spend your entire life
Demanding that life give you things
That it will not,

When your last breath is drawn,
It will be with regret.