One day I decided to not grow any older <br />lots of luck I said to myself <br />(my joking self) then I looked up at the sky <br />which is wide its bluenessits whiteness <br /> <br />low on my left the steamy sun rose moved <br /> <br />I placed my hand against it my whole hand <br />which is broad from pinky to thumb no my <br />two hands I bared my teeth to it my teeth <br />are strongsecure on their gold posts I breathed <br />deeplyI held my breathI stood on my toes ah <br /> <br />then I was tallerstill the clouds sailed <br />through me around me it's true I'm just <br />like them summertime water that the sun <br />sips and spits into this guzzling earth<br /><br />Grace Paley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-day-i-decided/
