poem 2. just a kid

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I'm just a kid,
written down in those history books.
They called out, "Witch!"
Told me not to snitch.
And when I fell they wrapped me in a
bundle of sticks.
Lead me up the hill, prosecuted me in
the name of my church.
Indelible marks; carved on my back.
Where I look to them again,
stories told from the back of a hand.
Handmaiden was I, but I left no choice.
Taken and begged for in the temple of my church.
I'm just a kid in historic times, they beat me again.
Call out treason and gave me no reason.
I'm just a kid, now fighting in exile.
They made me again,
just like that kid from the church.
Told me my prayers.
Sat in a church, underneath his will.
Giving me all the power of him.
Said I was wrong, gave me no choice.
I left him and died.
Buried in my bed.

-a boy who was failed by history.

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