This Poem was Submitted By: Melanie E. King On Date: 2000-06-17 21:54:22 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

To Listen to Music While Reading this Poem, just Click Here!

Click Here To add this poem to your "Voting Possibilities" list!


Yesterday

Yesterday my name was little girl Running around, not a care in the world. Laughing, coughing, learning, living…. Living life to the fullest, as a little girl. Loving unconditionally, seeing no faults. Little girl, little girl; where are you now? The swing, the toy box, the innocence is bathed in dust. Today my name is undefined; Floating, indefinitely; in the air. Falling, falling to the earth, Sitting in silent contemplation Dreaming, hoping, coping, living… Fractured parts of a broken reality. Splintered pieces of a torn perception. Eyes cast down, then up to tomorrow Looking to the light that shields my heart from darkness. Tonight the shadows are falling. Self-discovery interrupted –  Light is fading, growing thin. I grasp for slivers of silver moon, I scan the sky for the depths of my own soul. Tomorrow, my name will be woman. Today, I am lost; I know now not what I am,  Only what I was, and will someday be.

Copyright © June 2000 Melanie E. King

Additional Notes:
I wrote this to try and communicate the confusion that teenage girls feel when trying to discover their identity as a woman and say good bye to childhood.


Sorry, there are no critiques for this poem in our system... If the poem is older, the critiques have been purged! Poetry Contests Online at The Poetic Link

Click HERE to return to ThePoeticLink.com Database Page!