Children of the Future
By: Harrison Chiu
“I started doing practice tests early”
I’m sorry for missing your birthday
party these years
“I have a writing tutor to practice
essays”
I wrote you a letter, black pen on cream-colored
paper
“My parents say I’m gifted, more
than the other kids”
I made you a gift, every year
“I practiced watercolor painting
with my art teacher”
I painted the box a dull gold, the
color of sunrise, just like you liked it
“I’m supposed to give something
great to world”
I never had the chance to give it
to you
“My grades are not good enough”
I never wore the right clothes, or
said the right things
“I’m not good enough.”
But that never mattered to you
“I have enough volunteer hours”
We spent so much time together
“I performed on a stage, in the
spotlight”
In the sunlit forests of
make-believe
“My future is clear”
And in the blue skies, flying kites
and counting clouds
“I live in the future”
But I lost you, left you behind, in
the present
I miss you.
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