I remember when I was just a small boy,
Playing with my yellow Tonka toy,
I would pay no attention to all the death in the streets,
I just listened to the comforting sound of my mommas heart beats,
I didn’t care what anyone said to me because I was only a child,
I was always restless, energetic, and wild,
But I was also very sweet, cute, and kind,
The thought of hurting another never came into my mind,
I used to make up the craziest fantasies in my head,
“I always loved hearing your stories” as my mother said,
I would give her two hugs and two kisses every night before I went to bed,
And then she would tuck me in and give me one more kiss on my head,
After she left I would shout goodnight to my sister and my two brothers,
And then I went to sleep with the soothing warmth that was my mothers,