I Am A Little Girl (Poem)

I am a little girl

Candies, teddies and fairies

I believe all

Promises

I am a little girl

Skipping along in delight

Slippery, slippery, slipped!

Mud splatters

On my white frock 

Tears 

Shimmering in blue, blue eyes

Sparkling in the morning rain

Hitting the concrete

Shattering, 

Into a million facets

Cutting,

My reflection 

I can still hear you

I can still see you

In my memories

I can still remember

Listen

Did you? Didn't you?

I am a little girl

I run; I fall

I laugh; I cry

Loudly. 

I am a little girl

In the bitter cold

Under the melting snow

Curled like a disappointed earthworm

Weak streams of yellow
But there is no rainbow

Spring is not, is not near.

I am a little girl

That entrusts an earthworm

To the rainbow

And pray it will make its way

To the pot of gold.

I am only a little girl

Who wholly believes in

Promises

You know

Happily Ever Afters.

No more! No more.

The little girl has grown up.