Change -- poetry by Jackson Dickie

If I woke up

in your body today

I would change

I would put on

a nice set of clothes

and apologize

I would say sorry

for things you have said

and done

then I would say

goodbye

Because it would be better

than trying to fix this

already broken affair

I would feel terrible

but I can get over terrible

What I can’t survive

is watching you decide

to suffer together

while I’m left

to deal with fruits

of your problems

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Jackson Dickie is a high school sophomore currently living in Eastern Massachusetts but has grown up in several locations across North America. He loves playing musical instruments of several kinds and playing a variety of sports, including soccer and basketball. He takes pride in his schoolwork and occasionally enjoys writing when he's interested in it.