#childlikewonder
The woman scrolls her usual scroll, not looking for anything in particular....then she sees it - not perpendicular.
Ethereal,
Quintessential.
Moons and stars and coloured gems all
glinting in the afternoon light.
The woman afixes them to her curtain rail
The girl gasps - her eyes wide.
Rainbows danced across the walls, a shifting, sparkling tide.
She breathes. She is delighted.
It's such a little thing, she knows,
The girl and I -
She is me and I am She.
The girl did not die in the fire
She stepped out, glazed with gold.
She still gasps at rainbows on the wall—
proof that wonder never grows old.
Jul 17, 2025
Jul 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM UTC
What is it that I truly seek?
What happened to the beauty,
in all that I used to see?
Can someone explain what happened to me?
I used to have the buzz and the impetus, that you'd see in a bee.
But these days, I look like a stone tied to a tree.
Asking myself,
at which age did happiness decide to flee?
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 at 2:18 PM UTC
[you] sat on a park bench
Thunderclouds surround [your] head
[you] glare harshly at passersby
None above [your] wrathful glance
The darkest storm withers
And yields to fogs of gray
As [you] eclipse once sunny skies
"Hey [you]"
Squeeks the smallest of girlish voices
"What. Do. You. Want, small one?"
[you] wheeze through gritted teeth
"Why do [you] look so grumpy?"
Elicits green eyes between blonde pigtails
"Buzz off you nosy mouse! [i'm] grumpy
Can't you see that!?"
"Why so grumpy, it's a lovely day"
[you] cross [your] arms defiantly
"Lovely? Hah! Dumb little girl"
Her face scrunches up
"I'm not dumb"
[you] turn your face away
To cast [your] glance
At other poor happy victims
"Life's pretty good, I think."
As she opens candies wrapped
"Who made you an exp..."
As [you] try to finish fiery words
She places chocolate in [your] mouth
Brown smear across [your] cheek
A moment hangs pregnant in the air
The building of a storm
Seconds drag through eternity
A twitch at corners of [your] lips
But a little girlish gap-toothed grin
Drains [you] of feelings so hostile
As brutal youthful honesty
breaks foul moods, and makes [you] smile
Feb 21, 2020
Feb 21, 2020 at 12:28 PM UTC