10. The age she learnt how to ride a bike.
Admittedly not very well, to this day she still doesn't know how to stop
But there was just something so liberating about the freedom of movement.
9. she had a lot of friends.
they would spend their time roaming the woods around their homes
And telling ghost stories.
To this day she still knows exactly what happened in them.
8. her best friend moved in
she wasn't much to look at,
and they didn't have a lot in common
But they're still best friends.
7. she spent her days with Barbie and video games
she was a force to be reckoned with where the gluckons where concerned
Because she knew every last secret that they kept.
6. she learnt that words can hurt
And that they feel like the feet that creates the bruises
The only problem was no one was listening.
5. her childhood was ripped apart,
she learnt things that children shouldn't learn yet
Like the police aren't always there to help
Even if you have a family
4. she was a ballerina
Inspired by her muse Angelina
she wanted to be the fastest twirler there
3. she was a performer
There wasn't a song that she wouldn't sing
As she danced on the coffee table
Infront of the window.
2. her fragile home became broken
Hospital trips became often
she moved to a different place.
1. she loves cake
More than anything in the world
Even music, which is very important to her
0. A mother spends 9 hours in a hospital bed
Tired, she looks down at the girl she is cradling in her arms
Unaware of anything to come
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Author:
G-Kaphen (
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WOW what a great poem about a GIRL 0 to 10 written in reverse order captivating. Each age is a stage ! 0. Birth 1. Cake ! 2. Broken hone 3. Performing - singing - dancing 4. Ballerina ! 5. ABUSE ! 6. Harsh words and no one to listen 7. Barbie - video games and Glukcons (One of the leading Industrial Races in the ODDWORLD) growing up 8. Thanks GOD for BEST FRIENDS 9. Ghost Stories with (long lost) friends in the WOODS ! 10. OMG a BICYCLE ! When I got my first big bike the World seemed 10 times smaller - AWESOME. Love the content and form of the poem ! Can I ask a question ? How much is autobiographical ? (In 7. you say "She spent MY days .......... is that a clue ?) Thanks for caring and sharing - BRIAN
That was a typo. I originally wrote it from my perspective because it's about me, and my life and my childhood but then I decided to write it as if I was writing about someone else so it's a bit more anonymous and not so extremely personal and so if someone I know sees it they don't get it's about me straight away
Thanks GK - I understand ! However when I read it - it did read true and autobiographically. In essence it adds a dimension of reality ! BRIAN
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