The thing about being born
with an old soul
is that
an old soul can’t tell you
all the things you weren’t supposed to do
all the things that went wrong
all the things that will make it right again
The thing about having an old soul
is that
no one can see that it’s there
hunched over with wrinkly brown skin
thick gray hair, deep cloudy eyes
that have already seen the past, present, and future
all balled up into a small universe
right here, right now
in this courtroom