It's funny how long it can take us
to see things right in front of us,
and how much longer,
to really understand what they mean.

It's funny how long it takes
to realize parents aren't perfect,
even if you knew they "weren't right for each other"
you never suspected they were wrong.

It's funny how a life full of troubles
can lead to such a positive outlook,
but I guess when you've been through so much
you learn how to cope,
and it's easier to see the silver lining
in a hazy cloud of pain.

It's funny that when you grow up poor,
when you finally get money,
all you want to do is give it away.

It's funny how the lowliest people
have the highest values
and standards for life,
while they struggle under scummy CEOs.

It's funny how having nothing
makes it easier to imagine grand things
with no Saturday plotlines to make things concrete
pretending comes with much more ease.

It's funny how, in so many ways
having lacked things is often a blessing,
You never get jaded of simple things
and boredom seems meerly a myth.