One Body

One Body

Big brown eyes and a heart that'll steal yours.
Why can't I keep you forever?
One smile from you and my heart dies
But your laughter brings me back.
Back to this dirt floor you call a home
Let me take you back with me.
How can laughter have a presence
In this sadness, this prison, this broken family.
These were my first thoughts.
You taught me. You helped me. You showed me.
God placed you here. A lack of walls but abundant in love
Your joy is a choice. You chose well.
We gave you a fence for protection.
We fed you food for your lunch.
We offered you arms that would hold you.
These things I consider nothing
To the lessons you unknowingly taught us.
No scholars could have captured this mind.
5 years old 5 years old 5 years old
Pay no attention to numbers
They do nothing but deceive
Languages, countries, lives, struggles
Body. We are a part of only one.
Play your part.