just for you

you said i was too lucky

to never have to walk

until my heels bleed,

hear the sounds of fighter planes

going above my roof,

run against the bombs

drizzling down the woods

and pray to God that

“don’t take me away today”.

i was not you

so i wouldn’t know how to say

sorry for the 4000 times

and still make the sky cry,

i was not you

so i wouldn’t know what it’s like

to be brave when being so close to death,

i was not you

so how could i know

that the man is always forgiven

and the woman always take the blame.

i was not you

so i wouldn’t understand why

you’d go outside catching butterflies

when we built a forest inside

just for you

just for you.

t.l.

i was not you

i never wanted to be.