so whilst my parents were cleaning out our garage, they found a bunch of my old notebooks from middle school and so forth. my mom told me to look through some of them and see if i wanted to keep anything.
i found this poem i wrote inside a fivestar four-pocket folder covered with student election stickers and essentially other pieces of flair from lowell high school. i've decided to copy it here:
take me away from this land of despair
where people are cruel and nobody cares
take me away from this world of war
and fly me away to a paradise afar
i'm tired of the cruelty, the lies and the grief
for just one day i want the feeling of relief
no anger, no selfishness, no worries or pain
for once in my life, make me feel less insane
never to hear the suffering cries
never to see my family die
never to feel depression and sorrow
never to worry about my sake for tomorrow
fly me away to the garden of eden
away from my courses, my nails and my burden
fly me way up to the heavens above
make me feel happy, special and loved
show me the way to tranquility please
where i could rest forever in peace
hear my thoughts, my voice and my plea
take me some place where i could be free
