Sunday, September 5, 2010

past lives

"I should have been a great many things..." Jo, Little Women


Many things, I, too, should've been, and
many things I already, briefly, was...  Am.
Skinny girl with curly hair shall I never be;
never, either, a flighty fool, 'cept in being wooed.
Lately, though, I ponder most what my future
tense will be; and tense this verb should I also be.
Favorite songs are helpless now, for readily
they tell lies - of happier times and memories,
send me longingly beyond - fixed upon their melody.
So many things I'd like to be, yet I am cursed as what?
A writer with no publisher? A teacher without a class?
Turn the radio up a bit, to drown out these silly thoughts.
I want to drown my sorrows in the many things I'm not.




A big thank you to Jennie for the comment, and to all of my new followers! Looking forward to blogging with all of you.  

3 comments:

  1. Hi Kelli,
    Nice to meet you. I just became your 10th follower, yaayy! I love Jo March. I fell in love with this movie when I was a kid. I've seen it countless times. As a writer, I see Jo as an inspiration. I like to inspire fellow writers through my blog. Hop over and check it out. I'm all the way up north.
    Cheers!
    Claudia
    www.claudiadelbalso.blogspot.com

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  2. Did you write this? It could've been written for me.

    I used to be a skinny girl with curly hair.

    "So many things I'd like to be, yet I am cursed as what?
    A writer with no publisher? A teacher without a class?"

    This fits me. It's eerie.

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