Tell Me What You Know (a poem)

Tell me what you know - I want to know all about you.
Tell me how you spent your days growing up,
moving from one apartment to the next,
settling in neighborhoods that just didn't sit right with you.
Tell me of your earliest memories,
curious and playful like a kitten,
exploring your world - one speck of dust at a time,
never sticking with the same fantasy everyday
you were a cheerleader, a ballerina, a detective, and a superhero
you were a busy child.
Tell me who your friends were,
the ones that drifted in and out of your life every year with the fall's chill breeze
the ones that never write you anymore
the ones that have outgrown you.
Tell me what your family is like
when your dear destructive brothers take on the world, one victim at a time
and your poor pitiful mother just... no comment
oh and your distant sister - is she still the normal one?
Tell me how you're feeling now
with frequent headaches attacking your skull,
teaming up with aches and pains older than I am.
Tell me, have you gotten any better?
You can't have gotten much worse.
Please, tell me all about you.
Tell me how you do it.
Just tell me what you know.