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Since I Was Five

Since I Was Five 

 Life was cruel, 
Neglect and ridicule, 
Home and school, 
I lived by the rule 
That I was miniscule 
And became a fool. 

I tried to hide 
Somewhere outside, 
Vast and wide,
I had no guide, 
My spirit had died 
But I never cried. 

A path was made 
Neatly laid 
With darkened braid,
The ominous shade 
I found, I stayed 
Silent and afraid. 

Ahead, was a stream, 
How it did gleam 
Of carp and bream,
But only a dream
It would seem,
Somewhere to scream. 

Then I saw hell 
In a wishing well 
And in, I fell, 
I wanted to yell 
"I remember the spell"
But there was no-one to tell. 

So I stayed as a child, 
Loveless and wild, 
Wreckless and defiled, 
I was exiled
Yet naïvely beguiled 
But never smiled.

On dreams I'd fly
Like pie the sky, 
Carefree and high,
Never asking why 
If I should laugh or cry, 
Live or die. 

Since I was five 
I learned to thrive, 
To duck and dive, 
Hoping to be alive
When love would arrive, 
But I didn't survive.

© RJVHorton2015

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