Dec 2023
it could have been through one of us that change was being made
it could have been through one of us that change was causing pain
it could have been through one of us that change would make us fail
but change has moved through all of us, together we’ve set sail
inhaling waves of water I’ve been catching all my life
I realized my fisticuffs were never only mine
it’s never been just one of us, it’s always been us all
together we would rise or separated, we would fall
it could have been through one of us that change was never made
it could have been through all of us that change would choose to stay
it could have been that none of us would ever learn to stand
but we are in the water now, together, hand in hand
it could have been through one of us that change was causing pain
it could have been through one of us that change would make us fail
but change has moved through all of us, together we’ve set sail
inhaling waves of water I’ve been catching all my life
I realized my fisticuffs were never only mine
it’s never been just one of us, it’s always been us all
together we would rise or separated, we would fall
it could have been through one of us that change was never made
it could have been through all of us that change would choose to stay
it could have been that none of us would ever learn to stand
but we are in the water now, together, hand in hand
my father was a boxer in a past life, and he always told me we are stronger together as a family — fingers pulled in, tight as a fist, ready to handle anything that comes our way.
