"Not so long a story" by Tomi Colors

Like yesterday when

Like I can’t forget

I wish it was

I wish it is still

The war, then this

The lies, then this

Perhaps if the story

We couldn’t tell

The truth hidden

In the plain

They never said much

But they sure did much

Then they told the story

We listened, we swallowed

Now we climb the steep cliff

And bath in salt water

Now we journey too long

And run too far

A home we owned

We now borrow

A life we gave

We now lend

It is ours to give

It’s ours to share

Prove it

Then they told the story

We listened we swallowed

Now we are one leg in

The other at limbo

Pieces now lay

The dream; it was a wish

Now it’s all gone

Whose we can’t say

Blame it on whom

No one would bear the pain

No one…. Everyone

They tell the story

We listen we swallow.