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I Am Still a Child

February 2, 2014
By Vavapoetry GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
Vavapoetry GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
"Once social justice begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. And you cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore." -Cesar Chavez


I am still in many ways
a child
I’ve never lived alone
I’ve never been in love
I’ve never cried on the telephone,
been wise or experienced
I doubt if I have ever
moved one soul
with the silent words I put to paper
I stare into the space,
eyes seemingly blind
a face searching, finding
glimpses of beauty
Amazon feathers and colors
sound of the rushing river
the comforting smell of baking rice
on a sunny day
I remember them
and they bloom, bloom and grow
they are mine
to water, to have, to know
pieces of a paradise
they dance with me
reflect upon my face
just as clear water
shines with truth and life
I stare, I remember, I dance, I live
with those who share the brush
to paint our intertwining stories
I am still a child
I’ve never lived alone
I’ve never been in love
I’ve never cried on the telephone,
been wise or experienced
I doubt if I have ever
moved one soul
with the silent words I put to paper
but I am growing,
I am learning
I am living



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