Friday, July 1, 2011

youth

and then my youth
slaps me across the face, leaving
the smooth skin raw and
exposed
like a baby rat
pathetic and dumb-
founded
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2 comments:

  1. Pat TillettJuly 1, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Yup! Life has a way of "slapping" the wonder out of us as children... Sad!
    Great poem Sarah!

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  2. AziaJuly 2, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    this just gave me chills all over my body.

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