Cydney
Vicenza Middle School
Moving here, moving there. I felt like I had gone everywhere. Your life has just restarted, Just after you departed. Leaving behind all the memories, It was just like another enemy. Only for you to start all over, How I wish I were blessed with the luck of a four-leaf clover, To have one more chance to live my life, Being a military child could feel like a painful knife. Deep down, moving hurts more than it should. So many people say “Brush it off” “Don’t be a baby” But they aren't military children. What would they know? Being a military child was like an unsolvable puzzle before. I tried twisting the puzzle pieces, but they never fit. But as I grew, I kept twisting and turning the pieces, until they made sense. Yes, I turned the puzzle pieces. But I’m always going to be missing a piece. That piece is what I left behind. 999 puzzle pieces out of 1000. The puzzle is always incomplete, and it forever will be. Maybe that’s why it was so hard to make the puzzle fit. Because I lost a piece I could never get back. Yes, we move here and there And yes, we leave everything behind It’s inevitable; it’s how a military child’s life works But if we never did these things, If we never moved or left anything behind, You wouldn’t know the people you know right now You just have to stand proud and take a bow Have a moment to give yourself a “Wow!” Because you are a military child You were blessed with the luck of a four-leaf clover Don’t think that your life is all over When it has just begun But that’s not all. Take a moment to stand up tall, and say “Being a military child is my all” Because it is. It is my all. It really, truly is. All my awesome friends, my awesome school, The awesome things that have happened to me Would have never happened If I wasn’t a military child. Being a military child is my all. And it forever will be. You have to realize, That leaving things and moving are a part of life. So now I don’t care if I move, I don’t care if I have to restart my life, Because that's not what matters. What matters to me, Is that I will be a military child Forever and always, And I always want that to stay the same.