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As a Child

November 3, 2014
By Living_In_Shadows BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
The Library is my Universe, the books are my galaxies, and the words in them are the stars and planets that fill my heart, mind, and soul. <br /> ~Me

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As a child,
I was obsessed
with soft things. Blankets, pillows,
toys and sheets, dragged into
the living room, kitchen and
bedroom floors.
Piled them all up
like fortresses, and nestled
myself within their woolen strongholds.


As a child,
I would disappear
in the soft folds
from dawn to twilight.
Concealed within
a forgiving embrace,
cocooned
in a lump on my bed.
No longer. Life doesn't permit
lazy days anymore. No more
soft, safe hideaways, only the
toils of every day.


Now, the heaps lay,
abandoned,
feelings of being
encased in clouds,
no longer fills my days.
It's become
lost to me, like the magic,
and the dreams of flying
I had
as a child.

© Joseph S., San Anselmo, CA

The author's comments:

It tells the story of growing up, and how life doesn't let you stay a child forever.

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