I've Never Had a Unique Experience in My Life

A poem.

“I’ve never had a unique experience in my life.”

It feels good the first few times you experience that kind of synchronicity with another human being.

Until it keeps happening again and again…and again.

Some synchronicity is fun, healing even.

Until we realize some synchronicity is nothing more than our participation in systemic routines resulting in our shared trauma and suppression. 

Yet, we accept it.

We coach each other through it.

Charging $499 to help us manage our miserable

Where have we gotten to, where we have to pay to survive in a system that was not designed to support us? 

We become so entwined that we think of travel as a vacation.

Rest is a luxury.

Relaxing is a distraction.

Community is networking.

Then we indoctrinate our children into systems that slowly kill their soul

Convincing them that if they go to school, perform well, and go to college, they can self-actualize and be happy too.

But all they end up with is a job—just like you.

We trade our souls for conformity.

Insecurity is normalcy

Vulnerability is demonized

Masking is prioritized

So we live the same lives only to find

“We've never had a unique experience in our lives.”