Pause To Reflect On Transitions and Changing Lives
We used to play with bubbles
Jump ropes
And swings
Now we play with weapons
Guns are our things
We used to play with baby dolls
Now we play with our babies
Changing diapers daily
Dependent on mommy and daddy
We used to play with boys
They’d hit us and we’d run
Now we sleep with those boys
They hit us and they run
We used to believe in Mommy and Daddy
Now everything they say is wrong
We used to have RESPECT
Now all of the we used to’s are gone
Copyright © Shavon Lewis | Year Posted 2008
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