humankind

I have posted this writing in another part of this forum also, but I think it suits this topic best. I plan to be placing many more entries on this forum so your input would be highly appreciated. Thank you.


Antisocial, ignorant, negative, pessimistic, contemptuous, cynical; just a few of the many words you people associate me, and a large part of society with, but have you ever looked over your high nose to see who we really are? You generalize us all into this little disgraceful group in the hope that the reality of what we are telling you will not sink itself into your perfect blindness of our world. You chose to close the door on us and then are so shocked and amazed when one of us stands up and voices our opinion. You spend your lives conforming to the ?'proper', ?'correct' society in the desperate hope that you will be accepted into the walls and bars of the social order which appears to be the greatest, most valuable goal you can strive to. Chances are that even as I am writing this, there are millions of people all around the world putting on the fake smile, cladding their face in make-up to prevent anyone from seeing who they really are in the sheer delusion that those layers make you look better than your true self, all the time conveniently neglecting the fact that all you wonderfully cultured, first world people are spending more money per annum on these cosmetics than could feed innocent children in Albania and Siberia for years.

The planet we inhabit is a beautiful place, and in all truth, no one appreciates this more than the people I am talking about when I refer to us. You all immediately assume that because we have developed such a negative view on the population we endlessly try to escape, we do not appreciate the natural world that surrounds us, , however, it is quite to the contrary, it is us that appreciate and respect this, not just the big picture, but the detail, the smallest aspects of this planet are continually the most beautiful - before we reach mankind. We are this excessively negative because this is what you have done to us; you have forced us beyond your peripheral vision in the hope that we will simply disappear never to return and leave you in this illusion you have all created for yourselves. But have no angst, you can label your filthy conscience clear because we really have nothing against you for this, we actually thank you, we thank you for making us see that you are far from worth out time, our patience, our respect and most of all, our love.

A man who kills another in self-defense is thrown into prison for the remainder of his life while millions of people around the world pay millions each year to witness this death, this pain, this injustice, and then you name it entertainment. You wipe out entire eco-systems which have been in place for thousands of years to build your houses and you kill guiltless, harmless animals and leave them to disappear from the face of the earth - then you call it sport. You meet people in who fall in love with you. They trust you, they respect you and they are there day in day out, just because they care for you, they trust in the idea that you will do the same for them when the time arises and then you neglect at the very last second. You work yourselves into the ground all your life and look back on your deathbed and all you feel worthy to do is apologise to all the people you have hurt. You go over dead bodies to get what you want, not for others, just yourself.

You wonder why we detach ourselves from your world; you question why we are so anti-social, ignorant, disconnected. This is why. It is not because we just don't like people for no reason; we have every reason to separate ourselves from you. We do not hate you; if we were to do that we would be just as low as you. No. We understand your ways, however, after feeling so much hurt, deceit, and insecurity, mistrust and pain, we have lost all respect we once may have had for you. We are shut behind this door, not because you shut us in there to put us away, but because we shut the door on you, because we needed a release from the chains and shackles you would have us in if we were to stay. We are this way because you have hurt us. We are this way because we do not want it to happen again, and our culture grows larger each day. We retreat behind that door where we can protect ourselves from your hell. Some of you refer to us as the outcasts of society, as the dark, ?'mysterious' people you know are there but will never understand because you don't have the will to try and the majority of you don't even care, and it is you that these words are directed at. You say we are quiet and detached, and you are right, we are quiet and detached, because this is the guard we place between you and us in the desperate attempt that it won't happen again. We find refuge and peace in solitude and we hold very few people close to our hearts but those we do, we will die for.

You believe that we hate everything; you believe that this is unhealthy; you believe that we don't deserve to be a part of your society. The trouble is that you have your very first assumption is incorrect. We hate nothing, and although we love very little, those things are worth dying for to us. We cannot change the light under which you view us, and we don't particularly intend to. I do not write this as a grudge I have against you, nor do I write this in spite or anger towards any of you, I write this with the sole intent of showing a few of you the way in which we see you, your ways, and the way you treat us. Science says that what sets human beings a little higher than a monkey swing from tree to tree is our intelligence capabilities, our emotion levels, and our ability to show compassion, affection and love - so what sets you all apart? Negative? Cynical? Pessimistic? No, just Society.