Joe Flach Poet Rhyme

The Day They Killed My Easter Bunny

I remember the day my imagination was lost
and my brothers laughed because they thought it so funny;
tears and innocence being the ultimate cost
when they killed, for me, the Easter Bunny.

“You’re too old to believe in all of this stuff;
its time you started acting your age”;
My siblings had decided that I had enough
as they turned over my childhood page.

With chocolate stains on the front of my shirt
and Easter eggs yet to be found,
I did my best to cover up all of the hurt,
hating the truth they were slinging around.

It wasn’t just the end of a childish phase;
It was more than destroying a mere fantasy;
Somewhere in the mist of this confusing haze,
was the realization - they had been lying to me.

It wasn’t just the Easter Bunny they had slain;
It wasn’t just Santa Claus they turned into dust;
Destroyed holiday myths wasn’t the cause of my pain,
it was a loss of faith in those that I trust.

So, be careful when we tell me a tale,
I am skeptical about accepting your truth;
It is a lesson that I learned only too well,
long ago in my forgotten youth.

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Andrea Dietrich April 21, 2014 at 6:34 PM This is so GOOD. Everyone takes it a different way. I think I just kind of realized it had to have been a farce all along, so I was not really traumatized by any of it. Love reading this point of view. Awesome.

Jan Allison April 20, 2014 at 1:45 PM so sad when the innocence of childhood is shattered - awesome poem loved the sentiment of it. hugs Jan

Tim Smith April 20, 2014 at 12:43 PM This a tremendous write Joe...I remember the day when my two oldest told my number three...He tried to hide the fact that he was devastated trying to be cool like his older siblings...Happy Easter