“ALL: Blink.

ARTIST: When I was first born, I looked at my mother. Saw her eyes.

ARTIST: Where am I?

ARTIST: I remember the doctor’s hands touching me.

(Baby cries)

ARTIST: I didn’t like it. It was too cold.

ARTIST: When I was first born, I didn’t know where I would go.

ALL: Blink. Blink.

ARTIST: Once I was three years old, I could imagine the littlest things.

ARTIST: I was a dreamer,

ARTIST: A wisher,

ARTIST: A magic bean buyer.

ALL: Blink. Blink. Blink.

ARTIST: At five, I read my first book

ARTIST: My mother’s and father’s eyes teared up as I read every word.

ARTIST: They waved to me as I started my first day of school

ARTIST: I met my best friend

ARTIST: I became the class clown

ARTIST: I reached up to the sky, wishing to grow up faster.

ALL: Blink. Blink. Blink. Blink.

ARTIST: I’m ten years old.

ARTIST: My mom told my sister and I we were going to have a baby brother.

ARTIST: I had to move away from my school, my best friend, my old life.

ARTIST: My parents told me they were getting a divorce.

ARTIST: I was scared of the challenges ahead.

ARTIST: I wanted to disappear.

ARTIST: I wanted to run away.

ARTIST: I wanted life to be perfect.

ARTIST: When you’re little, people tell you lies to make you feel better.

ARTIST: We look up to people that we think a perfect bodies and perfect lives and we think we can be just like them.

ARTIST: We all want things to go our way.

ALL: Blink. Blink. Blink. Blink. Blink.

ARTIST: And now we’re here.”

-The “Destination Unknown” Ensemble at Montgomery Village Middle School