disillusioned

rocks in the rocking chair

with her granddaughter by her side,

she’s grown into an ambitious young woman,

she asks nana how it was

when she was young &

wondering if so many people back then

were so disillusioned

with the way that things were going

in their country---

grandma asks her to turn off the tv.,

grandma turns to her to say,

“when i was younger i had hope that

things were gonna change,

i stood in the streets with my friends &

family---

we fought against the police &

we all went to jail,

because we didn’t believe in the wars that

our country was waging,

we didn’t believe in the way that our

country was treating its own citizens &

we didn’t feel that things would change

unless we ourselves did something…”

 

and then there was a pause &

her granddaughter smiled anxiously,

because she always looked up to her

nana for guidance, advice & wisdom---

 

but her grandmother didn’t say a thing

after that---she just looked out the window

& kept rocking in her chair.