as a Child <br />I picked up shells <br />and kept in my manor <br />in secret holes <br />they were my desires <br />hidden from the public <br />and soon I forgot <br />and left them behind <br /> <br />when I grew up <br />and found new pearls <br />I neglected the shells <br />full of soiled soles <br />but, my mansion dented <br />and passions demented <br />my life filled with tides unmeant<br /><br />lalitha iyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-rainbow-fantasy/
