Let Us Be Young Again
           am trying hard to imprint in my head  with a permanent marker   the words  responsibility, change, pain, love, diligence  its tough    I am not the child that her feet plays pitty-patty in the rain  my face is lined with mature bones  body curved with precision    and fearful perfection  eyes deeper and more mysterious  my smile has lost its careless abandon  dreams far far away  Alice in wonderland   growing up is tough  it’s just less delightful than childhood  less protected and less free  I want to be a child again               I wrote this poem in 2010... I still have those moments where all I want is to be a little girl again. ;)