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i was just a kid (poem)

My laughter echoing through the halls
joy had no boundaries
and my smile was wide enough
to swallow the whole sun

I’d sit in my room
lost in a sea of toys and dreams
the minutes dripping like honey
the world still safe, still sweet
I could eat anything
candy before dinner, cookies after
because I was just a kid.
I didn’t know about rules that break you,
or promises that hurt.
didn’t know what it meant
to count every piece of myself
that felt wrong
there was no fear
just the warm hum of innocence
filling the air
but I was just a kid.

I didn’t know what waited
on the other side of that door
the fights, the shattered plates,
the slurred words from my mother’s mouth,
a voice I barely recognized
the screaming that filled the dark
like thunder
like a storm I couldn’t escape

I shouldn’t have seen her like that
not when I still had baby teeth
not when i was still learning to tie my shoes
and spell my name.
But I did.
And I shouldn’t have felt those hands,
not when I barely knew
what it meant to have a body
let alone what it meant
to have it stolen.
But I did.

the police came
their flashing lights brighter than I knew how to understand
I didn’t know what guilt was
what shame felt like,
at just seven years old
I shouldn’t have known
I shouldn’t have seen love
crack and crumble like that
shouldn’t have had to grow up
so fast that the years slipped through my fingers
before I even knew what they were

I was just a kid
too young to understand
why everything I touched
seemed to break
why joy became something I chased
instead of something that held me
all I wanted was to hold onto the moments
where light still lived
but the shadows came quicker than I could hold my breath.

I was just a kid.
just a kid.

Answer 1

yay :)

Answer 2

nice

Answer 3

Felt and wonderful.

Answer 4

Good job

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Ty all <3 <3

Answer 7

lowkey ate

Answer 8

oh so cooiol !

Answer 9

soo well written astridd, gjgjgj<3

Answer 10

I love it...