{"id":57307,"date":"2019-06-23T07:11:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T11:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=57307"},"modified":"2019-06-23T07:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T11:11:35","slug":"childhood-hour-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/childhood-hour-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood-Hour 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part One- I am my parents’ daughter<\/p>\n

I carry their poverty<\/p>\n

Their goodness<\/p>\n

Their work ethic<\/p>\n

Their sadness<\/p>\n

Their height<\/p>\n

Their love of music and books<\/p>\n

Part 2<\/p>\n

I am the youngest<\/p>\n

Made fun of by siblings<\/p>\n

I was the smallest<\/p>\n

The weakest<\/p>\n

Smart, but not smart enough<\/p>\n

Always unable to measure up<\/p>\n

In stature and in life<\/p>\n

Part 3<\/p>\n

Books saved me<\/p>\n

Gave me a place to hide<\/p>\n

Gave me a world to explore<\/p>\n

Gave me hope in darkness<\/p>\n

Gave me a family I could be a part of<\/p>\n

Part 4<\/p>\n

I was alone too much<\/p>\n

I lived in fictional worlds<\/p>\n

I made up in my head<\/p>\n

At some point I wrote them down<\/p>\n

That saved me<\/p>\n

And destroyed me too<\/p>\n

Part 5<\/p>\n

I grew up in a town I hated<\/p>\n

Sometimes I still miss it<\/p>\n

Everyday I dreamed of better places<\/p>\n

Still I am the Nebraska girl<\/p>\n

But gone is her innocence and stamina<\/p>\n

Nebraska is no place for a writer<\/p>\n

Part 6<\/p>\n

I found my soul<\/p>\n

By letting go of the Bible<\/p>\n

I found my heart<\/p>\n

By being broken<\/p>\n

I found my dreams<\/p>\n

By running away<\/p>\n

Letting go of everything I knew<\/p>\n

I found my home<\/p>\n

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