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anawnda
Member

since 2002-07-26

Posts 113

0 posted 2002-08-15 06:22 AM

       Dolly

It was only yesterday
  we took the trail
  to neverland;
  Shrieks of joy
  drowned and muffled
  into memories,
  We were young back then.

  We molded clay & sculpted sand
  with bare little hands
  we calle our own,
  unbroken and innocent.

  I remember the dewy smell
  of grass
  and you, sitting inside
  the whirling chairs
  telling me to push harder & faster
  and suddenly,
  you're no longer you--

  Your eyes no longer
  light w/that mischevious glint.
  I no longer see
  you smile.

  I begged you to come out
  and play oncemore
  just like we always do
  you just shook your head
  and said--
  We were young back then.

  then you showed me the scars
  but those were not from
  cuts we got
  for being too rowdy in
  the swings.
  nor were those from falling-off
  the see-saw.

  those were wounds
  reality inflicted,
  this cruel world
  had broken in.

  you no longer know
  how to laugh,
  nor want a turn in the bouncing horse.

  but neverland beckons still.
  to those eager little souls
  who someday will be as you are,
  have taken our place in the swings,
  in the farthest corner of the lot.

  with their tiny legs, pushing
  from the ground,
  going higher...
    and higher...

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* you can hurt me...with your bare hands,or
you can hurt me with the sharp edge of what you said.....* jewel kilcher

mistic
Member

since 2001-05-06

Posts 233
Idaho, U.S.A.

1 posted 2002-08-15 06:25 PM

I really liked this, awesome imagery and metaphors. great job, thanks for sharing.

mistic
Member

since 2001-05-06

Posts 233
Idaho, U.S.A.

2 posted 2002-08-15 06:25 PM

forgot to add it to my library

fearing-laughter
Senior Member

since 2001-04-24

Posts 605
land of cheese (Wisconsin)

3 posted 2002-08-16 12:49 PM

hey,
i enjoyed this poem also, and it does suck that that eventually most children learn harsh truths. thanks for sharing this.
-bergundy-

"crack my head open, on your kitchen floor. to prove to you, that i have brains." -Alkaline Trio

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