Like a string of paper dolls we followed hand in hand to the playground and sat

We knew people were dying today, but we didn’t know why

Sometimes I think we still don’t

Sometimes we do forget

Every time a whole group of people is wiped away, we say never

Every time the world shakes and entire pieces are ripped from its very core, we say never

Every time we say never, and we pray we’ll do better, and we plan for forever

And more than 20 years have flown by, we’ve grown up, 

and we still don’t know why we are still standing and they had to die

We are still breathing, and they had to die

We are still longing, and they had to die

We got married and started families and went to college and made plans and woke up tomorrow and learned and promised and planned and then 

Forgot

We celebrate birthdays 

every 

single 

year

And every time I blow one more candle out I make wishes about love and peace and family and future 

Then I watch the smoke that hangs in the air after and remember

Sometimes we do forget