Debt.

There is a truth in the world
most vicious of them all
and the truest one of them.
I've sensed her all my life
but I didn't want quite yet to acknowledge her.
No one is obliged to you.
no parents, no friends, no teachers, no pets,
no government, no country, no universe, no God,
no one owes you anything.
just because you got used to the habit
of having a helping hand
doesn't mean it is a constant.
life is dark, busy and not there to please you.
grow up, little child.

V.