Reflection
The light that spills through the crack in the door
Illumines only her face
And my grandmother smiles
If only all of life was this easy
To only be a child forever
With nothing to care about
And nothing to lose
Every day in the schoolyard
There was kickball
Dodge ball
Hopscotch
Friends were many, we were all the same
And nobody ever cried
When mothers called us home
Be the best, they told us
Second place is never good enough
There is no second chance
Your life is what you make it
Make it better than mine
Make it more
Than you can be, and break your own stars.
The war of nineteen years, is everybody's battle
Survivors win a sheet of paper that says:
You are free; you can go;
Get away; run
And we lose everything you've ever made
Temporary friends
Provisional lives
And there were so many choices
And I didn't know what foot
To start on
And what foot would follow
And where the paths
Would
Lead me
I always had a dream
What if it never happens?
What if I never find
Me
Within my frantic
Ramblings along
The way
There would be no world left
If I never fell in love
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poem by Riann Erucolii
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