Where was I
I wish I knew
My body
I’ve been told it was there
Lungs pumped with oxygen
My heart beat in rhythm
But my soul
The person that I am
Where was I
The world changed
But I slept through
The civil rights movement
Changed the nation
Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed
And I dreamed too
But divisions continued
Violence in Orangeburg
But I was at peace
Kennedy
The Cold War
And Space Program
We saw the moon
But what did I see
Where was I
People died in war
Was I dead inside?
Transition,
Reagan, Carter, Bush
Things changed
My body aged
New hope
In each sign of life
Slowly awakening
To a new day
In 1990
Where was I
I missed so much change
It is like I wasn’t even here at all
Like I was not even born yet
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