Hesitation

I sat next to a girl on the train
Who had been abused as a child.
But I didn't know,
Because I didn't ask.

I didn't ask about what she was keeping inside,
The things that hurt her the most.

But now I realise,
I wouldn't have ever asked her,
Because she would never have asked about my life,
And if everything about me was okay.

We're human.
We're selfish.
And all we want, is for people to always care about us.


-Oedipus