She Was Once a Child

She was once a child ~ happy bright green eyes laughing . . . chasing bugs in summer lamplight tumbled in grasses fresh cut cowboy hat, scabby knees ponytails taken by the wind .... laughing . . . a n d She was once a child ~ berry brown suntanned shoulders freckled back begging dot-to-dot lonely . . . lizards, horny toads and daddy.long.legs share her closet secret playmates in little jars and boxes lonely . . . a n d She was once a child ~ lightning rides on cracks of thunder fractured . . . knowing it comes on billowing curtains screaming . . . shattered splintered from this world when once she was a child ~