Manzanar

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I watched a girl from afar
at morning every day
in Manzanar, in Manzanar
and loved her graceful way

She wandered far
with her feet bare
in Manzanar, in Manzanar
and I followed her to stare

We only let her get so far
not too apart from her parents
in Manzanar, in Manzanar
and I watched as I patrolled the fence

I wish we had gone far
that I freed her from that place
from Manzanar, from Manzanar
where I came to know her face

In my life that time is far
but what remains hard
is that in Manzanar, in Manzanar
to her I was just a guard