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I wish they knew

How hard we try

Many years have passed 

Wearing away at my soul

Yet I will never forget

Those 2020 backyard nights we spent 

Collecting acorns and playing tag under sunset skies

You never truly leave your hometown

You carry pieces of the past in your veins 

And you begin to reminisce when you bleed

In your darkest moments

You are the same child you were all those years ago

She’s lived here 

     most of her life 

She never thought 

     that would change. 

We waste our lives

Searching

For our reason

Of existence

Never realizing

There isn’t one

We’re all just living

In early February of 2024, gang violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, escalated to levels so high that now nearly 80% of the capital city is under gang rule.