{"id":81475,"date":"2018-09-26T10:39:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81475"},"modified":"2018-10-15T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:28:13","slug":"two-poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81475","title":{"rendered":"Two Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Chance for Tomorrow<\/strong>
\n(dedicated to the children of Jonestown)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunny day keeping the clouds away
\nWe play in Indian summer heat
\nOblivious to the world beyond the rain forest
\nThe world we left behind
\nIs it Monday or Tuesday; don\u2019t know, don\u2019t care
\nJust havin fun bein kids
\nNo gang fights; no peer pressure
\nJust havin fun in our world.<\/p>\n

Smilin faces, happy faces
\nChildren of a new world
\nChildren of a new life
\nHappy Happy Happy we are<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t know that the road ahead will change
\nDon\u2019t know that the time is short
\nDon\u2019t know that we should be cherishing each day we have with each other
\nDon\u2019t know we should be saying \u201cI Love You\u201d every minute we have breath
\nDon\u2019t know we should value the life of our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t realize the value of hugs
\nThat kisses are priceless
\nDidn\u2019t know
\nDidn\u2019t know
\nThat our little world in the Rain Forest
\nWould someday be gone
\nWould someday be a memory for those left behind
\nDidn\u2019t know
\nThat the last days were comin
\nDidn\u2019t know
\nThere would be \u201cno tomorrow\u201d
\nNo more sunny days keeping the clouds away\u2026no more<\/p>\n

* * * * *<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t Mean <\/strong>
\n(dedicated to those I left)<\/em><\/p>\n

The voices come and go,
\nBreathing shallow
\nCan you hear them?
\nMama are you there?
\nSister is that you?
\nBrother can you hear me?
\nScream so I can find you
\nLet the sound of your voice become louder so I can follow
\nI\u2019m comin<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t mean to go away and not come back
\nThought I\u2019d be back sooner than never<\/p>\n

Can you hear me my friend?<\/p>\n

YELL OUT FROM YOUR SOUT! So I can find you
\nWhich way are you?
\nWhat road should I travel?<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t mean to leave you
\nDidn\u2019t mean to go away and not come back
\nThought I\u2019d be back sooner than never<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t mean not to be laying side by side next to you; arms entangled together in a final embrace<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t mean to leave you
\nDidn\u2019t mean to go away and not come back
\nThought I would be back
\nSooner than never
\nDidn\u2019t mean not to say \u201cI Love You\u201d on last time<\/p>\n

DIDN\u2019T MEAN\u2026<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Dawn Gardfrey was in Georgetown with her grandmother on November 18, 1978. Her other article in this edition of <\/em>the jonestown report\u00a0is Living Through Martin\u2019s Dream<\/a>. Her complete set of writings on this site may be found <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. She can be reached <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Chance for Tomorrow (dedicated to the children of Jonestown) Sunny day keeping the clouds away We play in Indian summer heat Oblivious to the world beyond the rain forest The world we left behind Is it Monday or Tuesday; don\u2019t know, don\u2019t care Just havin fun bein kids No gang fights; no peer pressure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":81312,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81475","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81475"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82881,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81475\/revisions\/82881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}