They say when I was a child, <br />I was crazy and wild. <br />Playing baseball and basketball <br />was nothing at all. <br /> <br />They say I loved to run ever free <br />like the wind and the sea. <br />Seeing lions and a tiger was nil, <br />but a baby crying made me ill. <br /> <br />I don’t remember being content <br />Life was just too dominant <br />Parents controlled life and order <br />there was never any disorder. <br /> <br />My pride appeared only downward <br />there was no freedom going forward. <br />Dark days rolled only in the moment <br />to meet destiny was not meant. <br /> <br />I want to live fierce and sizable <br />my litter years erased from credible <br />No tears for any painful fears <br />Shadows lost forever with cheers. <br /> <br />A call echoes the future to paradise <br />I pray the time will be wise <br />Remember the past as a passage <br />with words of a strong message. <br /> <br />They say I have learned many things <br />those lessons will ever sing <br />I am no longer a stranger alone <br />Life and I travel on my own.<br /><br />Monica Engeler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lost-shadows/
