Gabe's "Life" reads like a conversation the speaker is having with themselves, or with someone they care about who is stuck in pain. It opens with questions that sound tired and a little frustrated: why keep chasing, why keep pretending you're fine? The line "Nobody wants you / But I want you" is blunt, then suddenly tender, as if one voice is pushing back against loneliness.
The middle section is the heart of the poem. When people ask who hurt them, the speaker gives an honest, uncomfortable answer: "I hurt myself." There's no blame here, only a hard kind of self-awareness. The mood is heavy and raw, but the short lines make it feel quiet rather than dramatic.
The ending turns toward comfort. "It's just a person," "there's more to choose," and "good things take time" suggest the speaker is trying to loosen the grip of heartbreak, or of chasing someone who doesn't stay. The poem finishes on patience and a fragile, hopeful note.