So Different
War born boy
Knows naught but violence from birth
Middle-class girl
Has love, life and mirth
A small child
Struggling to survive
A happy girl
Who never need ask why
We're older now
And things have changed
He wields a gun
She learns to braid
She's boys and books
And he's blood and raids
If I could
Do you not think I'd run?
If I could
I'd pull you into the sun.
More time passes
And we change
I see more kids drafted
I get higher grades
How can our lives be so different
Yet our world the same?
The war is over, I'm finally free
But I have no one, so a lone wolf I'll be
It's years later
When we finally meet
A chance encounter
A fight for the last seat
You let me sit
And we exchange names
We trade in stories
Your head hangs in shame
You pat my hand
And say it's okay
That it's not my fault
And my past goes down the drain
We are so different and yet the same
We laugh, we cry
But most of all
We love