Shit Happens

As a child we have this fantasy world. We eat crayons, jump on the bed, run in circles till we get dizzy. The world is our playground, our endless playground. Life as a child is real but it also is like living in a cave. As Plato says in his Allegory of the Cave "The prisoners are unable to see these puppets, the real objects, that pass behind them. What the prisoners see and hear are shadows and echoes cast by objects that they do not see. Such prisoners would mistake appearance for reality. They would think the things they see on the wall (the shadows) were real; they would know nothing of the real causes of the shadows." So as children our reality's && perception's are based upon our 'shadows' or what our family tells us && shows us. Then as we hit the blessed age of 18 it changes. We see the whole world && now we aren't sure what to think or say or do. Our perceptions are thrown askew. We've escaped the 'cave' so to speak. && then we go crazy trying to figure things out. While we're doing that life gives us things that as children we didn't know we'd have to face. && here i am right now at that age of 18 staring friends leaving, molestation, && mom issues right in the face. Now I simply don't know what to say other then 'i'm lost'. Not lost in where I want to go in life, just lost. Lost trying to figure out how to be strong. I want to be strong && get through this but I am not all knowing. I will not pretend that I am just to prove something. That is not the not the person I am. Everything is simply happening so fast && I don't know what to do about it. Things are getting infected && I have no cure. So if you ask me "Are you okay?" My answer will be this "Yes, i'm fine but I just came out of the cave"