When We Were Young
written by: Mark Alden
@MarkAAlden
We weathered every storm,
never stopping to consider how or why,
took what we were given
and knew not to ask for more,
did what we were told,
sometimes grudgingly,
believed each and every lie,
couldn’t wait to be free.
Then one day we became our parents –
one day we became the lie,
repeating over and over
old programmed routines,
never trusting we could fly,
never once imagining a day might come
when the only thing we’d wish for
was a time machine.
Mark Alden is a writer and photographer. He is the author of the blog Haunted Avenues. His work has also appeared in the digital publications Illumination and Illumination Curated. He lives and works in upstate New York.
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