The child inside

She caress
the child
growing within her
her joy
knows no bounds
as she nurtures
the tiny sprout
that grows in

feeling

nurturing
feeding

caring
with motherly love
yet
everyday
as she juggles
with her roles
her boundaries
her limitations

her reality
she poisons 
the inner child
that refuses
to die
in every way

Author's Note

We all have a child within us, bouncing with unlimited energy and enthusiam. Yet as matured adults we simply ignore it. In this poem, I am trying to keep the child alive and safe.

Reviews

[Alice Aries]

Excellent. I love writing in free form and exploring extreme enjambment like this, it adds a sense of drama to the piece. The subject matter and your deliverance of it has a definite poignancy, especially in the last 10 (approx) lines where you change the pace and tone. Very, very good poem!

[The Seasonal Girl]

Thanks Alice! Never expected to get such warm words that would melt me into a wide smile! :) I lilke such random words, they somehow reach faster and settle deep in hearts..

[paul sal.....]

Well, take a ride down a sled or on a swing,a walk in the park, look up at the sky, watch the sparrow make a nest for it'd young...........and live live live.........................

[captain]

In my everyday reality check, I tend to forget the child who never grew within me. He does what he wants like a child with a toy, yet as I grow and reach for many things, slowly in time the child gets lonely without attension, prisoning him into darkness until he falls into deep slumber. Perhaps the pill of practicality takes its side effects - a forever slumber. That's what I see in the child in me. A very good piece miss Seasonal. I like it and reflect on its wisdom and feelings.

[TheLoneWriter]

I loved your poem, I feel like I had to read it over again just to capture the meaning and it was fantastic. I do believe that we all have that child within us and I love how the piece ended with the child "refuses to die in every way" was a great way to end the piece!

[The Seasonal Girl]

Thanks for the love :) i wanted to end in that way because I wnated to keep that hope alive, that we are just a thought away from our inner child. It's always there, but sadly locked inside. All it takes a gentle nudge to spring it life again :)

[Percy Dludlu]

Well written I love it.. Reminds me that I should always cherish the child in me.

[The Seasonal Girl]

Yeah Percy. It's not easy, but you can always try :)