For Margarita Lillico's Five Perspectives Poetry Contest
I see myself at the tender age of five. A strange loneliness I feel, and I am shy. I wonder sometimes why I’m even alive. I chase fireflies and watch clouds in the sky. I’m fifteen, more confident and doing well at school. I read, play records and dream about guys. I like to think I’m nobody’s fool, and I’ve no time for watching clouds in the sky. I’m thirty and still, there’s so much ahead. Married, with two kids, I am having great fun. Health concerns haven’t yet filled me with dread. I swim often in a pool and lay out in the sun. I’m fifty; my children have long since left the nest. I teach and write poems; I’m a grandmother too. Except for health issues, these years could be my best. Life’s gotten so busy. There’s so much to do! By 70, I still feel blessed, yet also have some woes. I care less for possessions and the world’s triviality. I want to be grateful no matter how life goes. I realize now my purpose seeking spirituality.
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