Just kids

The day you showed the hate you had,

The painless freedom of hurt

Upon yourself.

Was a day I saw childless world

Where the kids we once were

Turned to sand.

Your scars lead to trails

In dense blossom fields,

Where happiness infected the immune.

Where we were kids in rain or sun,

Light and fearless once was us.

The tears that roll down your flustered cheeks,

Lead to seas where the sounds of creaks were heard, wherever, forever, careless innocence

Tearless presence your were

Flooded future you are.

The can you hold once was mum,

A woman you feel you’ve lost her trust.

Where burst lips and sprained ankles

Only needed one hug.

Now blackouts and hangovers

Barley keep you up.

To hear you hate yourself so much,

When I admire and love the person you become,

Is like someone is attacking you on the other side of glass,

and all I can do is stand and watch.

I stare at photos and swallow back lumps.

Of wheel barrow races and happy young faces

Where young you would wonder the source of your sadness,

When really it’s them.

So clueless and still so scared.

Just kids

“Once part of the past

And now the future”.