Picture by Dan-Vy Nguyen

Picture by Dan-Vy Nguyen

I see things from a different perspective.

It started when I was young.

I cannot replay my first memory

It is simply a picture.

It started when I was young.

I was only three.

It is simply a picture,

That blue porch swing.

I was only three.

I still remember it so clearly.

That blue porch swing.

As it sat next to the front door.

I still remember it so clearly.

The blue paint chipping away.

As it sat next to the front door.

Asking to be used.

The blue paint chipping away.

From the spiral staircase off to the left.

Asking to be used.

By all of the kids.

From the spiral staircase off to the left.

To the netted beds off to the right,

By all of the kids.

Crowding around together.

To the netted beds off to the right.

That protected us in the night.

Crowding around together.

I can see us from above.

That protected us in the night.

Watching over everything.

I can see us from above.

I can tell you where everything is.

Watching over everything.

I can see it all.

I can tell you where everything is.

I cannot tell you what happened.

I can see it all.

But that is all.

I cannot tell you what happened.

I remember it as a picture.