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Things Really Are Different On The Other Side Of The Tracks
by Amy WustrinLittle women in training
Frilly skirts and platform sandals
On a 5-year-old girl
Carrying a matching purse
And feeling so grown up
As she struts down the street
With a teenager who ought to be her sister
But may well be her mother
Doesn't this 21-year-old toddler know
The tears will fall just as easily
After all her scrapes and bruises heal
From monkey bar mishaps and tricycle wipe-outs?
Doesn't she know, in her frantic rush to be a big girl
That she's only hurrying along heartache?
And when her turn comes to sit down
Taking pen to paper, concern painted like eyeliner on her face
And record this same scene as it passes her eyes
Will she know how my own heart ached for her once? 07/27/2004 Author's Note: Once you cross Rail Road Avenue, it's a whole other world.
Posted on 07/27/2004
Copyright © 2025 Amy Wustrin
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kara Hayostek on 07/28/04 at 12:20 AM Really interesting poem, its sad how little girls are always trying to look/act older. I really liked this line "concern painted like eyeliner on her face"
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| Posted by Agnes Eva on 09/21/04 at 08:22 PM this poem is really amazing. I have felt this way before and you have captured it really intelligently and emotionally in this poem. The line "And when her turn comes to sit down
Taking pen to paper, concern painted like eyeliner on her face" is really where this poem nails it. good work |
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