Today I will hide
From the pain of fearing what will happen once this reaches the camps
And the slums
And I don’t know if my heart can take the fear
While at the same time, we laughed
So freely we laughed and laughed
For what we laughed at left us free from all constraints and
We couldn’t help ourself if we wanted to
Both are true and
Both truths need holding
Cherishing
So close to my heart as to be swallowing it whole
To despair and to laugh in equal,
Free abandon;
Perhaps now I realise what it is to be human
Nwyfre 