How much would you pay to not die?_____AKSHR

 

How much would you pay to not die?

People go through so much

pain trying to avoid pain.

The rich get richer

and the poor get shot,

but how much would

you pay to not die?

Without a home,

you might try to sleep in a bush,

and when someone comes

along with a gun,

you have to run

—because often the ones

who run are those who live.

Then maybe you end up

working at a store or something.

You move into an apartment

and keep your head down.

But then someone gets

shot over cigarettes,

right there on the street.

You find out all about this

because you’ve been watching

it for years.

So one day you decide

to buy a gun of your own.

Your mom cries when you tell her.

But she says,

"It’s not worth it, I know."

So you take the gun

and go out to get revenge.

You shoot someone

—you don't know who

—and they die.

And then you run away

and try to forget.

But it's hard to forget

when you're

running away from yourself.

AKSHR