When I was young,
\nI was a nymph
\nand a mermaid
\nand a unicorn.<\/p>\n
Like those things
\nI would not be captured.
\nI was both bold and shy.<\/p>\n
Tonight I hold back silent tears
\nfor the youth I shed,
\nfor the red in my cheeks
\nthat has turned to rust
\nfor the freckles
\nthat have turned to spots
\nfor the fire in my hair
\nthat has turned to snow.<\/p>\n
Breasts hang
\nchin doubles
\nfingers thicken.<\/p>\n
Experience and wisdom
\nare not the companions
\nI meant to walk with so long.<\/p>\n
As moon rises up over the new greening spring
\nI want to fling my naked self
\nagainst the trees,
\ninto the seas,
\nupon the laps of virgins<\/p>\n
where I will hold my head high
\nand this time look you in the face
\nwith both eyes wide.<\/p>\n
4\/25\/16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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