The contemplations of a child, on why bad things happen to her/him, the column by Jimmi Liao, translated, by me…
Must be that I’d talked too much about others behind their backs, that’s why the thunder & lightning struck me.
Must be all the wrong things I did, that’s why I’m struck.
illustration by Jimmi Liao, off of UDN.com
Must be how I wouldn’t admit to my own mistake, that I’m hit.
Or, could it be, that I’m, way too, cute, too intelligent, too talented………
That’s why, I was, struck, by thunder.
Someone’s being EGOTISTICAL all right, thinking, that the world revolved around her/him, but hey, that, is what a young child is, entitled, to believe, as in our younger years, we tend to believe, that the world revolved around us, but as we got older, we realize, that it didn’t, and then, we force ourselves, to adapt………
Life, the Obstacle Course 