Brain Captures

The soft words of a parent
Telling me everything will be okay
Even when they themselves
Don’t know it’s true—
I want to be young again.

I want to believe
Everything people tell me
Because I don’t think
Good people lie—
I want to be young again.

I want that bubble
Where I know things are safe
And I don’t have to search
For the good around me—
I want to be young again.

I want to believe the oceans aren’t warming—
I want to believe the forests aren’t burning—
I want to believe the animals aren’t dying—
I want to believe the PEOPLE aren’t dying—

From war.
From famine.
From terrible misfortunes on the street.
From society just trying to make its money.

I want to believe.
I want to believe.
I want to believe.

I want to be young again
Because I want to believe we can still change the world.