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     I have to turn back the clock of time-  the pages of my life,
to when I was just a little girl who already knew all about death;
         it had left me shattered and I just decided not to speak,
I heard everything said to me but I was locked in a silent place.

     My parents took me to a doctor and he said, "she is traumatized."
You see, I had watched my sister die, her blood seeping into the street;
          and I became silent, soon I was sent to stay with Grandma,
and Grandpa on their farm, oh I loved my attic room and the animals.

     I would sit in that attic room and make up stories in my head,
for hours and hours, then one day Grandma came and sat on my bed;
         she gave me a journal and pen and said, "write your pain,
write it, dear one, write it all down!" And so I did from that day on.

     I wrote what I could not say and Grandma would read it out loud,
with tears she would hug me and encourage me to write each day;
          and thus a poet was born-  Grandma was always my inspiration,
she was the family storyteller and I would listen to her for hours.

     Mom would say," you know she has told that story a hundred times,
and it always changes, so don't believe it my dear!" But I did not care;
          then one day, I spoke, "mommy can I have more toast?"
I think Grandma and Mom just about fell off their kitchen chairs in shock.

     And I wrote and wrote- many a journal has been put on a shelve,
many a poem has been penned, and all because of my Grandma;
         at her funeral, I wrote the eulogy and stood trembling,
then a great breeze took my papers away- yet I spoke in a strong voice.

                               I believe in that moment, Grandma
                                  reached out her hand and gave me courage;
                                     and I have felt that hand reaching out many times.

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December 24, 2016

Poetry/Narrative/Inspiration Came Early
Copyright Protected, ID 16-860-606-0
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.
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