
Carolyn, Daughter of Marie
Carolyn, Daughter of Marie
Advocating Against Domestic Violence Through Poetry
Advocating Against Domestic Violence Through Poetry
Before life removed all of my innocence
Before life removed all of my innocence.........
I believed:
If you died…you went to Heaven and would return in a few days.
No one in their right mind would harm children.
There really was a Santa Claus.
If you ate spinach, you would have muscles like Popeye the Sailorman.
My Grandma Lucille would live forever.
Sex was nasty.
Babies did not come out of a woman’s “you know what”.
I would never have a baby if it had to come out of my “you know what”.
One day I would marry Michael Jackson.
I would never give up playing with dolls.
When I grew up, I would buy all the candy I wanted.
I would never have any enemies.
It didn’t matter if you were black or white.
I would make enough money to feed all the starving kids in Africa.
….and most of all
I believed one day I would become a published author!
One out of 15 isn’t bad!!!