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 ~
Copyright © Jill Martin | Year Posted 2006
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