afraidoftheworld
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Going up to children,
we ask what they want to be.
Some say doctor, policmen, firefighter.
Innocence is the real bliss.
Going up to a high school student,
we ask what they want to be.
I am afraid
Afraid that every day I live I am losing out
Afraid that every time I speak its nonsense coming out of my mouth
Afraid that I won’t live to have sons and daughters
Afraid that no one will listen
She wasn’t really to be described as a person of order.
She was lying on her bed in the center of the room,
all the lights in her room were on, and she liked the light.
