The simplest cruelty we can perform on another human being is to mock

the sound they make during the moments they find joy

 

To see a living breathing person with hopes, and dreams, and love

and turn their happiest moments to ash in their mouths

 

To the vultures who circle for everyone’s light:

 

It is my sincerest wish for you that you always get pulled over for broken taillights

That you never have enough milk for your cereal

That you don’t realize this until after you’ve poured your Lucky Charms

That you mistake your Nair for toothpaste

May you develop a spice intolerance to every seasoning but butter

May your alarm clock break every second Tuesday night

May it sometimes not go off in the morning

May it sometimes keep ringing till it shatters on the wall

May your coffee always be cold, but never iced

May your favorite kind of coffee be lava

I wish for you no illness

But an allergy to every domesticated animal known to man

An intolerance for allergy medication

And a deep, inconsolable love for all things four-legged

 

Most of all, I wish for you this

That every moment of joy that you steal from someone’s lips

Be multiplied tenfold in your misery