TheMangledSans0508

I am a child.
I am only sixteen.
I am not yet an individual.
But I can still be married.

I cannot legally vote.
I cannot legally drink.
I am still in high school.
But I could legally marry.

My consent is limited

In our country, on the day we thank those who have passed defending our country, another war is raging. A civil war for democracy in Hong Kong, one that we have to support and one that is important in their country's history.

What do the people and the government have to do with someone's action of hate? What does it have to do with us? 

It's been in my family a while, that farm. Old and rickety, falling apart and rotting away. Still in use by my aunt and uncle, however. 
I hate that farm.

To the ones who feel like family, who helped keep me on track. 

To the ones who feel like parents.

To the one who feels like a grandmother.

To the ones who kept me out of trouble.

6/7/19
Prompt: "Dear me, Please remember"

Dear me, please remember

You're a mess, a beautiful mess

The world is a stage, your stage

You've loved before, you can love again