When I Grow Up

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When I Grow Up

When I grow up, I'll find a man
who loves me as I am.
He'll put me on a pedestal,
be gentle as a lamb.
Four little kids will call me Mom,
two boys and then two girls.
They'll be so cute, so smart, so good
with blue eyes and blonde curls.
When I grow up, I'll know my heart
I'll know what I'm about.
I'll never question why I'm here,
of that I have no doubt.
It's funny how the years have flown,
life's dealt me a strange lot.
For all that I had hoped to be,
is everything I'm not.

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BDIsernhagen commented on When I Grow Up

06-05-2009

Are yuo sad or grateful? The mood isn't really clear to me, but besides that the verse is good, and your depiction of the American dream is almost nostalgic, even though you were looking into the future...

dcain54

06/05/2009

It is what it is...I guess I'm thankful that even though things don't always turn out happily ever after, everything that does happen ultimately makes you who you are today, which is something to be celebrated. Thanks for your comment, though.

Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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