By: Taylor Cook

I care about everything

Whether I want to, or not.

A dead animal on the side of the road,

A homeless person trying to make ends meet.

A classmate I know is struggling at home,

Or my own family that sometimes feels like a stranger.

I can’t help it I want to fix everything,

That I want to see the good in everyone.

I give so much of myself to others

Never realizing I have so little left for myself. 

My mom says it’s a good thing I have a big heart.

That more people should be like me.

But that reassurement only lasts so long.

Sometimes I wish I could just not care.

That I would think about myself for once

And only have to think about me.