I hope to transform the way a parents opinions reflect on their children. Little kids on the playground are happy to play with anybody of any race, family, ethnicity, or religion. Adults see the world a lot differently. They have learned about the evil in the world and have altered their minds around stereotypical conclusions. These conclusions, turned into opinions, are what children hear from their parents' mouths while growing up. These opinions make kids form opinions of similar ideas. If kids were able to clear the negative opinions from their mind, they could change the world in the blink of an eye.

The most courageous person I know is my dad. He spends his life helping others and making decisions about other peoples' health conditions sometimes, on a life or death scale. He alters his life around the needs of others. He will put anything aside to be with my brothers and I and he ALWAYS puts our needs ahead of his.

First Steps

The dust flies up beneath my soul
I feel the flesh inside of me rub against my skin
My worn out leather strings are breaking
I take my first steps out onto the battlefield

I know now, not to make a sound

I roam over shells, blood, sweat
Holes are forming in the front
Soldiers are dropping around me
I take my first steps over the bodies

I know now, not to run, but to walk

The bloodiest day, Antietam
Red, hot bloodstains
Cover the socks that lie within me
I take my first steps towards my last

I know now, how to fight like there's no tomorrow
There isn't one

The shatter of hearts, bones, and barrels
The sound of silence
The lessons learned
The last moment
I'm motionless, over, dead
I took my first steps the day of my last
What I know now is so much more