The way some people have it

The way some people have parents, alive.

Grandparents, even.

Some even have a solid pair of parents, and grandparents on both their moms side and dads side.

The way life goes..

People like that ask you, "how are you?", at a funeral.

They ask in general.

Because they don't know.

How lucky to not know.

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MarbleMarvel

It's difficult, because obviously it's great that they don't understand, but also they don't understand. You'll never be that happy or safe, but you don't want pity. You just want to be treated like a person, but there's a sadness they don't recognize and it frightens them. So I stay alone.