I'm Only Four

I didn’t care when they loaded all of us into those trucks Why would I care, I was only four, after all I didn’t care when they stuffed us into another truck more packed than the last I was only four, after all I didn’t care when they kept me with mother and took my siblings and father I was only four, after all I didn’t care when they loaded us into the stadium mothers and children scattered I was only four, after all I didn’t care when my friends started to disappear one after the next I was only four, after all Then I turned five. In the middle of the night, they tried to tear me from my mother She told me to run So, I did I didn’t know what was happening, I was only five I went and I hid under the back row of bleachers I didn’t want to know what was happening. I was only five In the morning the sun rose. All was quiet now I was quiet too, because I was only five I looked around and saw our belongings, thrown, tattered and torn I wanted my bear Because I was only five I searched and searched, but I couldn’t find my bear All I found was shoes And the smell of ash in the air I didn’t understand at the time because I was only five. But how I wish I could go back And be only four once again