Forever Distracted By Life
Race for the Crown 2024
Prompt 10
Write a poem about the difference a decade can make in a person’s life.
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Pantoum – Decade
I am not the person I was at that time
already broken, barely back together
still a little lost, but ready to climb
from youth not yet completely severed.
Already broken, barely back together
but I had not learned how not to fall apart,
from youth not yet completely severed
I wandered aimless still lost within the dark.
No, I had not learned how not to fall apart,
but could still pick up the pieces if I tried.
I wandered aimless, still lost within the dark,
I wanted to, but could never feel enough to cry.
I could still pick up the pieces if I tried,
but now I leave them lying on the ground.
I wanted to, but could never feel enough to cry,
instead I hoped that soon I would be found.
Now, I sit still crying on the ground.
I am not the person I was at that time,
I gave up on hoping to be found,
still a little lost, but ready to climb.
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