Up In Flames Poem by Maya Hanson

You tried to put us in a box
giving us names and numbers
making us
just what you wanted

We snarled and swung
but eventually you healed
and you forgot
what we could do
once again

You simply found a bigger box
to trap us in
You tried to keep us here

But as we all know
there's somewhere else we need to go
We can't stay
in a box
in your mind

We will go up in flames
we will learn to forgive
We will try to stay here
but we need to live

And when you think of us again
hope that we're free
and no longer trapped
in a box
in your mind

We will go up in flames
we will learn to forgive
We will try to stay here
but we need to live

We'll envision your faces
as we apologize again
Pretending our walls are unmovable

But we will try when you leave
to build this city once more
There's nothing left we can do
But fight
and lose
and lie to ourselves again
that the box
was your making
not ours.