I Came From A Place

Childhood is a magical thing

I came from a place where no one ever cried.

My mommy and daddy would always

Make it better.

My boo-boos and hurts were healed

By the innocence of childhood.

 

I came from a place where no one ever died.

My fairy tales always had

Happy endings.

My foolish eyes had never seen

guns. war. violence.

the world.

 

I came from a place where everything was real.

My baby teeth would fall out alarmingly fast

So that I could maybe catch a glimpse

Of my friend the Tooth Fairy.

My only worry during the holiday season was to

Make the best cookies for

Santa Claus.

 

I came from a place where I was living my dreams.

My goals were farther than the moon,

And I achieved them.

My mommy told me that I was

Everything.

 

I was beautiful.

A princess, a fairy, a little girl.

 

Where am I now?

Author's Note

A bolt of inspiration. I'm not really sure where this one came from!
Enjoy!

Reviews

[stars are far]

nice ..
i love all of your writings :)

[Mauricio Montoya]

Great job in bringing this together.

[Tasha]

I liked it a lot, it was beautiful. Keep up the good work.
♥ Ta'Shandra

[Cal]

Really cool, puts things in prospective from when we were all kids.

[Shiningwolf]

Children are magic wonders. They are shielded from the horrors of this world. Carefree. I miss my days of innocence. However, I learn from experience. Very nice poem. We all want to grow up when we are little, but as we grow older, we wish we were young. What a funny twist of fate? The sweet irony is almost too funny to not laugh at the idea. Good write as usual! You have talent.

[PrincessZeldaWannabe]

Relatable and true with beauty!
I wish I knew how great it was to be a kid with no worries. Now as a teenager, I will do anything to do back and truly enjoy all of it this time.

[An owl on the moon]

How I wish that world could be embraced.. could stay and shelter us forever. This is a beautiful recollection.. thoughts of that place of dreams that can fade into nightmares in the harsh light of the sun. Don't let go of it...

[sissybug]

wow! Glam Girl i really enjoyed this poem. I relate to the entire thing. i don't know. My early childhood was a great time for me. I have changed so much. Great write. :)

[Aurora Lynn]

You are right about this. It always seems that everything was simpler back then, where everything was magical. But you know what? When you were that age, all you wanted was to be older so you could do whatever you want. Now that you are older you realize that you wish that you were younger!

I really liked reading this poem. My favorite lines were 'I came from a place where no one ever cried./My mommy and daddy would always/Make it better./My boo-boos and hurts were healed /By the innocence of childhood.' The only thing that I would suggest was the line 'My foolish eyes had never seen'. The word 'foolish' doesn't seem to work there. Other than that, though, it was a veyr enjoyable read.

~Aurora