rather than then

Why does the universe have to be so unfair sometimes?
If I'm a kid then the universe is a bully with a shaking fist.
Today I have my own personal raincloud of a kite.
Everyone makes reference to their life being like a song.
Maybe that's why we have to hear so many bad songs before we finally find one worth listening to.
A beautiful person once said, "Lovesongs try and lovesongs fail. But you and I are quite literally forever and every song out there eventually has to end."
Well my song is currently filled with broken staccato notes; they replaced the beautifully tied notes that once made up the soundtrack of my life.
Funny thing about sacrifices is that you have to lose something first in order to gain what it is that you want later on, down the road.
I wish the universe had loophole I could jump into and make things right, now, rather than then.
There's a lot of things I'd rather have happen than have to make a sacrifice.
But the universe is a bully. And I'm just a child.