Because I Was Someone Else

Because I was born in silk,

I was well versed in the thought, 

that fire monsters dare not reach out to me!

But when life rained on me,

I bloomed like a meadow,

even though I was crushed within.

Because I was raised like a tree,

home to some; music to others.

Nature was enamored of me,

I wasn’t afraid of anything

before mankind caught up to me.

Because I was loved like a butterfly,

Favored with beauty, 

used to the serenity

of beholding the clouds grow faint to become a crystal blue sky,

I never knew that was the only week I’d survive

Because I’d never before cried out loud,

yet holding on to the silence,

I always thought I’d have a few shoulders

and a handful of chances

Because the reality struck me like a lightening,

I don’t think I’ll ever be the same rainbow lining

as I was younger, grinning to the flickering sunbeams, 

falling down, yet rising…