Torn

Torn

She was only in high school When her father decided to take them to Japan. A trip with sheer coincidence, was it luck? It was the beginning of WWII. Bound in Japan, fighting against your own country. Constantly wondering, “Whose side are we on?” Was she really free? My grandmother, Torn between two worlds. Many would consider her lucky, Escaping from the internment camps Which really was another name for prison. So how lucky was she really? Back home her people were in pain Leaving her with a guilty feeling of betrayal. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Many of them discriminated <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Just for being who they are. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But why should she care? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She was thousands of miles away <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On the other side of the line <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When she left, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She took everything with her. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Everything moved except her heart. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And here she was thousands of miles away <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">From the thing most valuable to her, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Her life, friends, and family. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So tell me, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">How can she be lucky? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She was torn, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Torn apart from the things she loved <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And the people closest to her heart. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So how can you say <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">That she was really free? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Because in reality, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She was alone.

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