Little Girl
With cleavage, thighs, and stomach exposed announced,
“I’m a woman now.”
A woman.
This
Is a woman
So she’s told. So she’s shown. So she becomes.
Learning to seek her identity in
Eyes that peruse her
And hands that use her.
In sugar coated words
Swallowed so easily
Trying to fill
That space left by daddy
And now she has a baby
But she’s just as empty
This Little [...]
Posted on September 26th, 2011 by Laurie Cook
Filed under: News, Reflections from the Streets | 2 Comments »
