Nine years old
and now she knows
She asked me in the car
driving to her violin lessons
pretty as can be
her long blond hair
uncombed as always
Nine years old
and now she knows
Emre, a Turkish boy
in her class
told her
How does he know?
Just out of the blue,
he says something like that?
Nine years old
and now she knows
she will ride in a horse drawn carriage
and her flower girls will ride ponies
she has lots of names for her children
so this is hard to understand
she thinks being a mommy
is the best thing in the world
and I am the best mommy
Nine years old
and now she knows
“Mommy, is it true,
that some people
kill their babies
even before they are born?
Their girl babies?”
Nine years old
and now she knows
Girl babies aren’t as good
Boy babies are better, but
“I’m going to keep
all of my babies,
boys and girls,
I’ll love them both
the same”
Nine years old
and now she Knows
3 comments:
oh wow, this is great !! so touching! you are a good writer.
Indeed, good word. Thank you for sharing it.
this is really deep lee its good.
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