We Are

I am the girl

Who was left alone

To care for those

Who should care for me.

I am the boy

Who was lost in time

To come back again

And find myself alone.

I am the teen

Who was sent away

To complete a task

That seemed unreal.

I am the man

Who had a son

To watch him die.

Then left to cry inside

I am the girl

Who saw everything

To be treated like a baby

Without my sight.

I am the boy,

Who everyone pitied

To them I was just

The one who couldn't walk.

I am the teen

Who needed

To rely on my sister

Because I had no one else.

I am the man,

Who left my children at home

To fight a war

Only to see them grow without me.

I am the woman,

Who watched my daughter die

To save my grandchildren

And I wish that it was me instead.

We are the ones

Who were forced into a war

To see the end

And feel no more.