I refuse to give my childhood away.
\nI ask forgiveness
\nfor what time has done to it.
\nBut I still know how to stand
\nas quiet as a tree waking up.
\nTo put my arms around the sky
\nand throw salt on the tails of birds.
\nI still want to yell and be scolded.
\nTo open up the earth and see inside.
\nI want to go to heaven
\nas soon as my parents
\ntuck me into bed,
\nand wake up in the morning,
\nand be home,
\nnever afraid to be alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I refuse to give my childhood away. I ask forgiveness for what time has done to it. But I still know how to stand as…<\/p>\n