You could have had a happy home
with a fireplace, kids, and
another,
ring or a watch but you chose to
question him by asking

How can I grow up big and smart

Children ask their mothers

Bide your tongue and learn the art

Of listening and asking others

How

He asks me what I'm thinking

As my heart sheds silent tears

I stare at him unblinking

Shocked and startled by my fears

I want

Ethiopia

I roam the world
I do this too often
Why do I need these
Stories
Picture s
Captions
A half a world away?
I know the conflict
Violence
Pai n
Distance

When I was small
I learned it all
I ask no questions
Other than my Mother
The birds the bees
Dept of the seas
Even the lifespan