queenlalaladaisy

When the world is fear
and the sky is dark,
just as the shadows like, 
we turn to each other.
I turn to you
and you tell me to run. 
You tell me to run till running isn't an option no more
so I pick up my feet

The first day
of first grade
is just like kindergarten
but you are no longer the youngest kids
and that
obviously
makes you really cool

you skip in the halls
eyes closed
smile beaming 
and talk to people

She sees it on the ground
people kicking it out of the crowd
and it is weird 
how people don't acknowledge 
or notice 
the paper back 
that has worn pages
and a roughed up cover
but she does

To be so desperate 
to lift your baby in the air
so the army can take it
and save its life
to give up your infant
so it can have a better life
so it can have a life

To hide at home 
to hide your face

The last day of summer vacation 
is a day we all forget.
it is a time we don't remember 
because nothing is different about it

it is a strange feeling
for it to by all over soon 
knowing it

My hands
are covered completely 
by ink 
searching desperately for good news
and finally,
giving up