Youth Voice Writing Contest 2022 — Finalist, Poetry
safety is a place that can’t be found on this earth
because safety is unconditional
it has too much worth
you see, the things of this world can be taken away
mothers and fathers, they can leave you astray
places and blankets and friends come and go
you’re usually alone and you don’t even know
things of this world meant to make you feel you belong
they all are conditional, they rarely stay long
if they do, there’s always free will
and that option alone means that safety isn’t real
safety means you know, for a fact, you are stable
no matter the circumstance, consistent love is on the table
you will be protected, secured and surrounded
nothing will ever hurt you, this can be counted
you won’t be beaten, you won’t be touched
you won’t be too little, you won’t be too much
you won’t be forgotten, you won’t be fazed
because it is guaranteed that you will be safe
but this isn’t reality, it just isn’t true
people will hurt you, they always do
so, sadly, as dark as it sounds
what safety is is nowhere to be found