I Used to Be Like You

I used to be like you. Happy, friendly, energetic

I used to be like you. With friends, a lover, a family

I used to be like you. Smart, enlightened, jovial

I used to be like you. Excited, energetic, accepted

I used to be like you. Confident, respected, inquisitive

I used to be like you. Fun, humorous, optimistic

I used to be like you. School every day, a hot meal every night

I used to be like you. A roof over my head, uninterrupted sleep every night

I used to be like you. Carefree, nonchalant

I used to be like you. Able to read, able to write

I used to be like you. Able to speak, able to believe

I used to be like you. Full of hope

I used to be like you. Free of suffering

I used to be like you. Able to show emotion, able to hear

I used to be like you. Able to feel, able to see

I used to be like you. With my eyeballs still on my head

I used to be like you. Promised great things

I used to be like you. My left arm still intact

I used to be like you. Not kept awake every night by the blood curdling screams that never seem to end

I used to be like you. With a tongue still in my mouth

I used to be like you. Sane thoughts still running through my head

I used to be like you. With the fingernails on my right hand still present

I used to be like you. My liver still in the right place

I used to be like you. With no ghastly images clouding my thoughts

I used to be like you. Free of him

I used to be like you. With both of my legs still on my body

I used to be like you. My lips not sewn shut

I used to be like you. Not imprisoned by him, not tested upon

I used to be like you. Alive

~Incorrect3