They led me behind a broken barn
They showed me all the things they have done
Creatures that looked like smoke
They led me behind a broken barn
They showed me all the things they have done
Creatures that looked like smoke
Fireworks
Bright
Making a day out of that night
13 year old
I did not mind
Invade or liberate
That must be a freedom sound
Adults crying
Dad asking me to get inside
But I wanted to see it
I no longer wanted to hide
She worries they won’t like her if she was to change
He worries she won’t like him, if he stays the same
You seem so sure
That there’s nothing you can do
That the stars’ position
Tell you visions that are true
You seem so sure of how unsure our future is
Of how we’ll fight in a war that no one wins
And although we know
We still try
Oh history why
Why do you keep playing this game with me
Let us fall
Although children we may no longer be
In this skin torn, old, and wrinkly
We begin
Again and again
Like the seeds falling from a tree
Birthed from death
Oh what a strange thing to see
My drifting soul becoming me
I birthed it,
The story that I wrote
Out of a dream I had
Of me laying on a little boat
Soon I woke with vague memory
Thoughts I could not define
What was I doing on a boat on that dream of mine
I think it was lost
But no one really knew
So no one ever searched
For what can’t be proved
Numbers and charts that say nothing at all
Misleading us to think that the truth isn’t far
It was written somewhere, but where… I forget
The bible must’ve had it, but it failed to translate
She was a child
Happy with no cares
Explosions sounded close
But she had no fears
She was a child
No stress yet learned
And so she saw fireworks
As her world burned
She was… Me
I made a short video of my poem “Answers” I hope you enjoy.