They  should have known better. They should have known not to antagonize me. They should have known I would retaliate. They should have known that they were not strong enough to stand against me. They should have known that any attempt to resist was futile, and that it would only make me even more mad. They should have known that with each crazy antic, my hate would have been stoked. 

Yes, they should have known better. 

But I should have known better than to destroy the world. 

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That moment in the air, with the wind rushing around and the breeze fluttering through my fingers, it almost felt like I was flying. I could imagine I was soaring through the air, defying the law of gravity. In that moment, that wonderfully blissful moment, it was all too easy to forget that I was plummeting to my death. 

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The government official certainly liked coming to our village. 

Standing on a small step-stool to make himself taller, he begged for us to sign some kind of paper. Most of us ignored him. We had work to do, and it wasn’t gonna get done by listenin’ to some egotistical politician plead for us to trust in him, saying that he would take care of it all. Perhaps if things weren’t as bad as they were, we woulda listened to him. 

But trust could only get you so far. It was a nice thought, but trust wasn’t any good when your family was starving. 

Trust couldn’t put food on the table. 

Trust couldn’t get the work done. 

Trust couldn’t save our children when the government came to take them away.

*Note* The last one certainly isn't my strongest one, so just be aware of that. *End Note*