The Child Within

I’m all grown up Daddy and all I can do is keep looking back. I’ve traveled a long road just to be standing here dead on this track. Many of my tears have been laid to rest and my smile I now seek. Bruised and battered I cover the little girl that grows inside. Yellow blankets and satin pink pillows to comfort her when she’s weak! She seeks to hide. I’m all grown up Mama and all I can do is keep looking ahead. I’ve rode the Oceans waves just to be alive and not feel so dead. Many of my laughs have been put to a test and my smile I have never found. She’s lost, but sound. The child within, they all attack. The child within, they are all meek. The child within, they all fed. The child within, they are all bound. In a world so far away, Treasures and castles were her path. It is where she always went to play. Beautiful gardens and flowing rivers is where she took her very first bath. Like watering a tree, that little girl just grew and grew and grew. Finally, she broke free and was clear from every single one of you. ® Registered: Ann Rich 2007