Once Upon A Time

An observation on life (in free verse)

Weren’t we all fifteen

Once upon a time…

And the world

Revolved around us and only us?

Parents were no more

Than convenient caretakers

Who had no idea

Of what was involved

In the singularity of being young…

Weren’t we the only ones…

Once upon a time

Who truly knew pain and sorrow

Ecstacy  and passion

And the crushing feel of a broken heart?

Weren’t we all  beautiful one day

Then hideous the next?

Top of the heap

Or bottom of the pit

Deeply depressed

Or supremely sublime?

Of course we were.

Weren’t we all fifteen…

…Once upon a time?...

100 words

Author's Note

Ring any bells?

Reviews

[Donna]

Yes David, it does ring a bell for me. When we are young we don't even think of getting older. We don't have a care in the world, but next thing we know, we are old and don't know where the time went! I enjoyed your poem!