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I yearn to be that little girl again
the one who sat reading books
in her bedroom all day
the one who just wanted to help
her mother do everything
the one who played with plastic beads
in an empty cookie container "making soup."
That little girl loved unconditionally
thought optimistically
felt empathy for all,
but she'd gone now
in the abyss of adulthood
scrambling to climb the scraggly edge
cutting her hands with every attempt.
Maybe she's given up by now
she certainly hasn't been found.
Perhaps she never will be
as hard as I have searched
as much as I have yearned
that little girl has disappeared
and this woman has replaced her.
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Colette: "A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life. "