As I Grew Up Poem by Putholi Arumugham T
As I Grew Up
When I was a kid
I used to sit in our garage
reading my fairytales alone
and look around for those
one eyed Cyclopes, gigantic spiders
Ship wrecking octopus and
witches with evil spells and
long blood soaked nails
and what if they sneak in.
They may throw me in dungeon
with hackles for my arms and legs.
They can even burn me and feast
on my heart or pluck away
my eyes and make me blind.
There is no escape from
their web till they wrap me up
with their saliva and swallow.
I shall be left to have a slow death
oh those merciless monsters
But in those moments
always there came a Fairyqueen
or a Mermaid or a Goddess of forests
on her silver unicorn.
They took me from there
to a fairly land or coral palaces
or a castle in the Kingdom of Mapplewoods.
We lived hapily ever after.
But as i grew up
those who put me in dark prison
to eternity did not have
blood dripping nails, but with
lovely nail polishes.
They were not one eyed,
But with two lovely eyes
that can even mesmerise a stone.
Their lovely lips ate away
my heart even when im alive.
Their webs were weaved from a
delicate material, they called love.
They mummified me with their
sweet words soaked in honey,
but made from venom.
Then they made me a zombie for life.
They were not like monsters I read.
They were not witches,
They were all fairy queens,
They were are all mermaids.
Good write Arumugham...your present your feelings your thoughts as a colorfully painted poem portrait...10
a good write.........a beautiful memoir..........great write. 10 ++
Mmmm... What else can I say the poem is all nice but please make it be felt by the reader I mean like a rhyme thing. To be honest 7/10
It must have pained you to be so brutally honest, and to that, I take my hat off. I loved it, the visualisation so easily captured, the hope a child can only cling onto, to have his innocence destroyed. Powerful. But I believe your poem doesn't only apply to children, does it?
the deceptive woman scares a man..a nice shift in concept and imagery..lovely
the power of modern men and women have outpassed that of those in ur child hood stories. be carefull.but sincel humans can adopt changing scenario only caution will do.nice poem.posted 10 for u surya
You're really good! I like this one too! The images are vivid and the emotions raw, brilliant.
I am fascinated by what I read and which was written by you! Good imagination which can drive others into what you would want them to see after all! Wow, it is a 10, indeed! ! K.Poornima
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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WOW! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! It is just uniquely beautiful....excellent.......very nice childhood recollections and the reality of life truely portrayed........