I want to be a little girl again,
my biggest fear being what mommy would play with me.
When everything was okay,
unless I scraped my knee.
I want to be a little girl again,
my biggest hurt being missing mommy at a sleepover.
When my only choices were,
chocolate or vanilla ice cream.
I want to be a little girl again,
my biggest decision being go with mommy or stay in the car.
When I was always told what to do,
and the adults controlled my life.
I want to be a little girl again,
my biggest fear being getting cooties from a little boy.
When my only responsibility was,
helping mommy do laundry Sunday.
I want to be a little girl again,
but then I wouldn't have you.
Author notes
I recently won an Editors Choice award on this poem!
In a list
A contest entry
- 2007 - everything under 25 lines by leander.
1000 points, ended January 17, 2008, 167 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - 100 poems, more points to come! by katie-jo.
900 points, ended January 18, 2008, 42 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Darling angel in heaven by munkiess.
450 points, ended July 4, 2008, 21 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - for my favorites only---ok now its for everyone by Shelby K.
800 points, ended August 26, 2009, 75 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
1 - 12 of 12
-
Soft
And as a dad with daughters I smile at such a sweet and refrshing piece of poetry. Young poet write on and makes us all happy.
-
this was a awsome poem, written from a different point of view which is good.
thankyou for your entry in this contest. -
Adorable and memorable
omgoodness that is the sweetest thing. I love it!
That definently sums up everything in the life of a child. It is completely adorable. And when you think about it, as you said, then I wouldn't have you!
It has been on my mind the last couple of months because I graduate the 7th of june. I am so scared yet so excited. It's fantastic, truly, but at the same time, I want to be young again. To be able to play outside and not have a care in the world. And it's crazy how the time goes by so fast! I don't know what to do!! And at the same time, it like wow, I've actually done this. I've worked 12 years for this, and now I'm actually getting the chance at freedom. To do as I want, not as I'm told. I want it, and I've always wanted it, but now it's like, I don't know what to do with it. Crazy how this works.
This was such a wonderful poem. Thank you so much for sharing it with me
It brought back many memories.
God Bless you and have great day! -
I love this. I want to be a little girl too. I want to play in the dirt, and chase butterflies, and climb up into trees, just because I can...this is a wonderful, sweet, lovely little poem. I love the part about the cooties. Emily got sent home from school today. She hit a little boy in the mouth for trying to kiss her. Apparently, she didn't want to be kissed.
I didn't yell at her, she's in the second grade. I didn't want to be kissed either, at 7 years old
Loves to ya darlin, always,
Jin -
I want to be a little girl again too, where I don't see all the hate and evil in the world. Being held by my mom and dad would be the icing on the cake for sure. A very nice write.
Kelli
-
AWWWW.
I miss being a lil kid.
But this was very nice and made me reflect on my earlier life.
Thanks for entering and all the best in the contest.
-
Well this one has quite a sweet and tender touch to it, especially with the way you have ended this one...
I'm not really sure about the repetition of "I want to be a little girl again", but that's probably due to the fact that I'm not really the kind of person who repetition as much...
Thank you for entering the contest, I wish you the best of luck!
Leander -
This is such a cute little poem that you
have written here. I am sure that we have
all felt this way at some point in our lives.
It's always important to remember that even
though we can't be young again we can always
pretend to be. Thanks a lot for sharing this
piece with me here! Well done and keep up
the wonderful work here!
Jeremy0826 -
I agree with Pearl... Everyone has an inner child, whom we need to let out from time to time. This is tender, sweet, and romantic. Well done
Love and light always
-
This is a sweet and beautiful poem...you can always keep a bit of the little girl alive in you as you grow into a woman, it's what makes us what we are.
Margaret
-
It is very nice. I wouldn't change a thing.
-
Whoever you wrote this for is goin to love it! Your heartfelt feelings came through perfectly.
Adding your comment:
1 - 12 of 12
