Disillusioned

rocks in the rocking chair with her granddaughter by her side, she’s grown into an ambitious young woman, she asks nana how it was when she was young & wondering if so many people back then were so disillusioned with the way that things were going in their country--- grandma asks her to turn off the tv., grandma turns to her to say, “when i was younger i had hope that things were gonna change, i stood in the streets with my friends & family--- we fought against the police & we all went to jail, because we didn’t believe in the wars that our country was waging, we didn’t believe in the way that our country was treating its own citizens & we didn’t feel that things would change unless we ourselves did something…” and then there was a pause & her granddaughter smiled anxiously, because she always looked up to her nana for guidance, advice & wisdom--- but her grandmother didn’t say a thing after that---she just looked out the window & kept rocking in her chair.