MY INNER CHILD IS ALIVE

My inner child

Is alive,

So happy

Within her heart

To be able to

Play like a

Little child should

Finally to be herself.

Shielded away

In the darkness

Where she felt

It was safe to be,

Lonely, she wished

For just a peek

Into a world

Of a normal child.

 Now she

Has found

The light, she

Came out to

Play with joy,

Laughing, singing,

Dancing, something

Never done before.

My heart can

Feel the joy inside,

The darkness

Now gone away,

The heaviness that

Held my inner child

Now is light

I can feel her joy.

Time erases

The ugliness inside

I think that

Is what she felt,

Finally secure

Within herself

That little peek

Opened up her world.

Mary Graziano©

November 13, 2013