Thank You Ladies,

Everything Is Meaningless is not mine as you may already know.

It is from Ecclesiastes 11:7-10.
These two poems are from my grand-daughter, she has been staying with us for a few day's while her parents are out of town and brought them for us to read. She began writing when she was very young. At the age of 10 or 11 she wrote her first book, it is a fictional story about 400 pages long. She has written two more since then, that i know of, if not more. I have not had the honor to read the last ones, yet. I'm still working on her.
~MAGIC~
I MISS THE TIME WHEN FOREVER WAS TO LONG
NOW FOREVER ISN'T LONG ENOUGH,
I REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO PLAY
UPON THE SUN'S GROWING GRASS
NOW I PLAY UPON THE DARK
WHERE THE SUN REEKS OF BLOOD TO GO,
I DON'T KNOW OF MY FATAL REALITY
ITS TO FAR FROM MY WORLD
TOO FAR FROM THE SAFETY I HAVEN'T RECEIVED
WHEN I DREAM BACK INTO MY PAST
AND I CAN WATCH MYSELF
CLIMB THAT SAME CHERRY TREE
FEEL THE SAME ANTS UP MY HANDS
BUT WAKE TO RELIZE
I'M NOT WHAT I WANT TO BE
I'M NOT WHO I WAS
I'M EVERYTHING LIKE I NEED
I'M EVERYTHING I NEVER WANTED
I'M PERFECT IN MY OWN WAY
RELIZE THEY'RE THE FAKE
I'M THE REAL
I'M THE ONE THAT CAN ACCEPT MYSELF
AND REJECT MYSELF AT THE SAME MOMENT...
WHY DO I GO THOUGH PAINFULL DREAMS?
WHY CAN'T I BE THE NORMALITY WHORE?
WHY CAN'T I GO THROUGH THE NIGHT?
WITHOUT THESE PAINFUL THINGS?
I WISH FOR THE PAINTING OF MAGIC FAIRY DUST
AND THE CARELESSNESS OF STRAP-ON WINGS,
THE COLORFUL RAINBOWS I HAVE PAINTED
ONCE UPON LONG TIMES AGO,
THE PLASTIC WANDS YOU CARRIED AND CHANT LITTLE INNOCENT THINGS,
SPARKLES AND MAKE-UP
DRESSES OF PINK AND BLUE...
INNOCENCE IS A FAIRYTALES' WAY
AND GUILT IS A TEENAGED SIN
AND EVERYTHINGS SO LIKELY AND REAL
LIKE UNICORNS AND PIXIES...
I MISS THE TIMES I COULD FLY WITH FAKE FAIRY WINGS,
I MISS THE TIMES WHEN I FELT FREE
THE TIMES I COULD BREATHE WITHOUT TRYING TO BE PERFECT,
THE TIMES I COULD FEEL ALIVE.
THE TIMES WHEN MAGIC
WAS REAL
WRITTEN BY M.S.C.C. 5/06
~THE LOUDEST MIME~
STONED IN SILENCE-
THE MIME; HE IS-
HIS LIPS FORBIDDEN TO BE OPENED-
HIS VOICE DEAD INSIDE-
SILENCE TO EXPLODE TO BE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
THE MIME;
ACTING OUT WITH SOLO SCENCES
OF WHAT IS SEEN,
BEING THE REAL SHOWING THE FAKE
OF THEIR FALSE HOOD.
EVEN BEING MUTE-
HE IS THE LOUDEST MAN.
WRITTEN BY M.S.C.C. 5/06