I was a child
when I said
I wanted to be
a kind of person
who gets their way
I was a child
when I said
I wanted to
chase my dreams
until I go to the grave
I was a child
when I said
I will fight
even if I'm tired
—hopeless and vague
And fight, I did
I toiled under apathy
—even under silence
and the cold
But through that
I became aware
that I was a child
when I said things
I didn't mean
I was a child
when I chose paths
I couldn't go on
I was a child
until I became
a person I didn't know