Only Girl Stature
In a nostalgic scene of my childhood* dramatic moment…
…. there was I …
The only girl among three siblings
most beloved by my dear family
as the darling princess
oh, pampered stature I held
for almost five years…
then… I felt dethroned….
by a brand new baby
“ so prettily cute…”
~~~~~~~
Pain gripped me then
as one helplessly robbed
of a precious possession…
yes, I grieved to lose
wondrous apple-of-the-eye-attention
lavishly bestowed to me
as the only girl.
… that was me … sulking…
Oh, I admit having been spotlighted
in my pity-party nook
nonetheless, my dear parents
with their unchanging love and care
constantly affirmed my princess’ status
thereby announcing:
“you two are our beautiful
princesses from the Lord.”
Thus, my sister and I are still and forever in our family!
*1Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
June 12, 2021
1st place, "A Brian Strand July 8" Free Verse Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 7/8/2021.
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