One Day
I look forward to seeing all my friends
We will play and sing songs
Our words will not need to be measured
Like steps to safety
One day, one day
My family said one day
I yearn to dance with my grandfather
But he’s gone away
I don’t know where to I’m starting
To forget little things
One day, one day
My mama says one day
Hiding in the walls with my aunt
My parents are both gone
A long holiday they said
Fear in their eyes as they spoke
One day, one day
We will come home, one day
Separate from everyone I lived
Like the rat they said I was
Everyone is gone and still
I tell myself the same thing daily
One day, one day
We can go home, one day.
We will burn the yellow stars
Sing songs for the ancestors
Eat and be joyful
Hold one another as I leave earth
One day, one day
When we are home, one day.
-©Ailsa Cawley 2022
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