Once


from the ABC set Black Poems

Once I was a small child,
But I never felt that way,
I always felt so grown up,
Older than I can say.

It isn't right.
It shouldn't be.
The awful things
That happened
to me.

It isn't right.
It shouldn't be.
The awful things
That happened
to me.

Unbelievable really,
If only it wasn't true:
What can you say?
Its all out there
No wonder I feel blue.

Sometimes I wonder....

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Comments

Richard L. Prov... | October 19, 2009 - 20:12

Hello C_A_J, You must have had some difficult journeys, and alluding to them creates a mystery in your writing. Nice poem. Richard LP

C_A_JONEStechno | October 19, 2009 - 21:30

C A Jones
Thankyou.
What one overcomes makes one who one is, I think.