Wednesday, June 22, 2022

it wasn't overnight

it wasn't overnight,
but it felt like it

when looking back,
and remembering

when children
suddenly were no longer

happy with their lives.
when

did this occur?
was it understanding of

how the world
was built.

the end of a summer?

was it the discovery of money,
or sex,

or that a lifetime of work
lay ahead?

what undid the magic
of childhood.

stole away the rainbows
and unicorns,

was it something
in your parent's eyes.

something in the news.
the first

brush with someone else's
death?

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