elementary school
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O Julia, do you remember elementary school
Where every one of us was a young fool
Drunk on youth although we couldn't drink yet
Free from the constrains of student debt
Gee, Julia, elementary school ruled.
She was new to being a school counselor.
Fresh out of school herself.
She knew working in a large city like this one might be overwhelming sometimes
but she never thought such tiny persons
It’s Friday. Lunch has been served. Kids are playing.
A screech bellows from the corners of buildings 100 and 400.
It echoes off of the jungle gym.
Whistles blow.
This all stops the play.
A new life
Potential with no seeming end
A new beginning, no sign of strife
But to begin, however, is also to end
A military child
Moving from state to state
Chains Chains Chains Chains
Call for a need of change
Born free
Every child learns how to wear the manacles
How to chain their minds to someone else's paradigm
How to live with bent backs
When I was tossed into the darkness,
I was lucky enough to be ignored
but still I felt the sword...still I felt the sword.
She’s sitting sideways
Hair trimmed and teased close to her scalp
Her legs dangling down, barely reaching the floor
And her shoelaces, undone, lay in a tangle about her feet
