back then

I close my eyes 

Try to remember a better time 

When mom sang lullabies

And dad cut my fruit 

When my siblings played games 

And got bumped and bruised 

I close my eyes 

To wake up again 

Now grown up and sad 

Thinking of back then 

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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