Time

Born
Tiny
Hospital
I'm coming home
Toddler giggles
The Tombleeboo dance
Cozy bedtime stories
Ready. Going to preschool.
I'm a princess on the playground
I am a child learning to read books
We're moving to our new home in Vermont
Sis and I explore nature and build homes for
Fairies. I like to play pretend and make believe.
Kindergarten friends Addy, Austin, Clara, Eleanor
First grade best reader in the class. New friends Mia T and
Vivian. Want to be an environmentalist to help the Earth. 
Pandemic changes everything. School online. Read a lot. Nervous.
Back and in person cry and leave the room scared of handshakes and covid.
In a bedroom in grandma and grandpa's house, writing this poem right now. 

 

 

chickengirltoo

VT

11 years old

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    When I was born, I was put into two boxes

    One was a real box, clear, with little holes so I could breathe, 

    Because apparently, I couldn’t wait to be born.

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  • Worry Armor


    Panic invades my body like wildfire.
    Impossible to stop and impossible to slow down.
    My legs fly out of the room without my thought.
    My worry armor shields me with a cascade of tears
    Legs flying.
    I find myself in the bathroom.
  • Perplexing Poems

    79
    If 79 is 2+2
    Then a male sheep is a ewe
    but if 79 is 79
    then tie up your hair with natural twine
    If today is yesterday the 79
    then all the songbirds are to rhyme
    79 is to take a nap too