Elena Plotkin Poems

I grew up with a bunch of others,
Just me with my sisters and brothers.
When I was younger, I was green and tough,
But as I grew older, I discovered life could be rough.
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A kiss on the forehead
or one on the cheek
A kiss from your mother
while you are asleep.
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They used to call me twinkle toes,
And I had my fill of admirers and beaus.
I was quite a dancer of ballet,
My pirouette and my grand plié
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The world was facing a catastrophic end,
The leaders had stopped playing pretend.
This wasn’t just a matter of grave urgency.
This was a world-wide emergency.
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Welcome to my perfume parlour.
Have some scents they’re only a dollar.
There is no charge to take a good sniff,
So, please linger long enough to get a whiff.
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I want to be the man in the relationship,
I am sure you can under-stand.
I want to be the girl,
that promises you the world,
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Did you ever think, Jack sold a cow for some bean
simply because deep down he was a closet Vegan?
And what of our sweet, innocent Little Bo Peep,
How hard was it really, for her to lose those sheep?
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My dreams for you are one of many,
You are after all my grandbaby!
One of my happiest days on this earth,
was the day your mother gave you birth.
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I tell youth now,
as I was once told.
'You're too young to know,
what life beholds.
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Our children see the road ahead differently from us.

For them, it's an adventure and their real big chance.
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