laying awake at night,
i wish this world was safe for you and me.
i wish we didn't fear men's gaze, know it was there like we knew eternity,
i wish we didn't see news that made us weep for its atrocity.
i wish we didn't learn things in history class that we saw repeat themselves once more,
a constant refrain of violence and gore,
i wish our president wasn't a ********* i wish learning about wars wasn't a chore; i wish we didn't have to know about it at all,
for it would be a world not plagued by it all -
i wish i didn't have to answer homework questions about the nuremberg laws, didn't have to learn about the stars that marked hate;
i wish i didn't see it reflected in current day's wake, the constant screaming, the names;
i wish i wasn't an alien in this country's eyes, someone to exterminate by those who want my demise,
those who see me as something to despise, a criminal who lies;
i wish this world was safe for me and you, safe from bombings and a woman's cries.
i wish there wasn't so much pain, so much genocide and hunger and hate,
i wish we could change it all, make it a safer world for us all.