Why Me?   As If Written by Caleb Temple

At the cards of life
I was dealt a bad hand.
I can't run from it all
And leave it in the sand.

My father, a lie
Until the age of ten
Was in fact the sherriff
Sporting his grin.

My sister, an angel
One weary lost soul
Wandering the earth
Until she's made whole.

My cousin's confused.
Her hate makes her stay.
With the charms of the sherrif
It changes day by day.

My teacher, his sidekick
Is it love or is it hate?
I once felt her innocence.
Is it lost to this fate?

The doctor, my friend
His demons cause him pain.
Is he strong enough to face them
Or will his soul die in vain?

It seems that I was given 
One crazy family tree
I look up to the heavens
And simply ask "Why me?"


By Taunika Taylor
taylort7487@uni.edu