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1 min readJun 6, 2017
LOCKED AWAY
Was it the winter of my 10th year?
When I learned, the world is not as marvellous as I thought it was?
What it means to put on a mask,
and shield your emotions.
Was it the spring of my 10th year?
When I started keeping things from my family?
Crying in secret,
and covering my face.
Was it the summer of my 10th year?
When I was scared to go out?
To face that certain someone,
who made me cry.
Was it the fall of my 10th year
When my parents told me to grow up?.
To think about my future,
to face life.
Was it the winter of my 11th year
when I put on my brave face?
Took the key and locked away
my childhood.
This is a response to the Imagà Imaginings prompt by Michael Stalcup:
