
Sometimes I step away when someone's talking to me.  I retreat somewhere inside.  I'm not listening.  Then hours later, as I'm walking around, staring at the bright city skyline, I think of the cruelty of life.  That eventually, you're really not allowed to be yourself.  You have to step into a role to do what needs to be done and hide yourself away inside that persona.  Or you will perish.  So to that my inner-self says Fuck You. 
Even though it's not a word I'm allowed to say.