Unschooled
first of all, I do not want to be doing this
I’ll just tell you this
you are something else
you’re like a little wild thing that was never sent to school
you, so tangled in your mind, are wrong
you can’t fix everything in the world
this is called thinking- it’s something people do
think about it
or have you gone too crazy for power, for things?
meals were sent up
we were told to build a fence, which we did
the voices around you kept shouting
to be understood
but your soul won’t listen
as you left their voices behind
and should anyone be surprised
over and over announcing your place in the family
shame showing itself to the village
you have to go home now and live with
the questions that weigh so in your mind
there’s a sickness worse than the risk of death and that’s
forgetting what we should never forget
which will never be forgotten
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