fragments (when we were kids)

WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
we were kids
when we tormented
our first grade teachers,
and made our mothers cry

we were kids
when we exercised cruelty
among each other.

we learned to betray
and get away with it..

we went to department stores
and perfected the art of stealing.
skills needed in a later life.

we were kids,
young and foolish.

we healed each other’s wounds
and tended for each other bruises.
we haven’t lost the compassion yet.
from our innocent hearts.

we picked homeless animals
that our parents
dumped on the street earlier.
and pleaded our mothers
to let us adopt those
unfortunate ones.
and we promised slyly,
painting tragedy over our faces,
and confessing all previous sins,
that we would be angels
in return for the favor.

we were lying!

we had to learn
the art of deception somehow.

we were young
and we molded ourselves
into adulthood.