Attitude and hairstyles
Arent the only things
That change with age
Remember the little girl
Who would chant silly songs
To annoy older sisters?
Who would sit at the kitchen table
Coloring with bright yellows and pinks?
Who wore sundresses with sweaters
To hide the sunburn from too much play?
Remember the little girl
Who dreaded taking showers
Because buble baths were more fun?
Who would sneak another cookie
When backs were turned?
Who would beg and plead
To be surrounded by her friends every weekend?
But the years have flown by quickly
Little girl has changed before your eyes
Now she plugs in her headphones
To drown out the suffocating thoughts.
Now she quivers in the bathroom
Painting the floor with her bright red blood.
Now she wears long sleeves and jeans
To hide the criss cross scars from too much pain.
Now she craves the long showers
When the throbbing water is as heavy as her tears.
Now she pushes the plates away
Because the skinny girls said so.
Now she needs the solitude
Because everyone else doesnt know what to say.
Poor broken big girl, who grew up too fast.
ahhh!! cliche alert!! (sorry, my cliche alert goes off without my control.)
ReplyDeletebut other than the fact the idea of the poem is a cliche, i liked how you connected the young and old images like, the "to hide the..." and almost every line acutally.. well anywho, i liked that!