They lie.

Parents lie. Adults Lie.

They do it for many reasons that we only understand when we get older and begin to lie as well.

They lie to shelter us from a world that could tear us apart without even knowing the way sounds assemble themselves into our name.

They lie to shelter our feelings from a world that kills people with a breath of ice.

They lie to shelter our thoughts from a world that would make us overthink the simplest thing by shoving condescending fire into our eyes.

They lie so in ten years they can still find you instead of only finding a stone slab with your name withering away.