PUDDLES

The puddle engulfed me I cried
I was 4,
my first dog got squashed
Just outside the front door
I cried for 3 weeks, kept his lead
on my bed
Accepting in time
that my first love was dead

I was eight and defiant
I got out of bed
Now knowing that nothing
could mess with my head
life came in sunshine and
beautiful dawns
With hailstones, tornadoes 
I weathered it all

Friends also said
I was stronger than strong
and I was, I so was
More so when you were born

My reasons for being for living
For love
I was giant, a huge tree
That couldn't be felled

Untill you were gone

and you could not be held

These days I'm wiser and
weaker and small
I've been shown that past
troubles
Were nothing at all

I now know it only
Takes one lethal blow
to butcher the spirit
Leave one too low

to get up,

M