Echoes

Echoes

A child sits at home

He doesn’t know much

Knows enough to love everyone

Daydreaming of adulthood

Wow I’ll be so big and strong

He smiles

His smile fades as he looks at the man

He’s not Me

I know who I am

Where am I

An old man sits

He has a child on his knee

He looks over his family

smiles

His smile fades as he remembers adulthood

How can you betray yourself

If you don’t know who you is

I wish I knew me then

A man sits in his apartment

Struggling to understand his bit and place

Tears fall on his pillow at night

Who do I be

If he could only see what they see

What would I do if I were me?

-Jim Untiedt