Jaded Poem by Wendy Murphy

I wish I could go back in time to the little girl I once was
Just a little do over to be someone that I loved
Precocious but naïve in so many ways
How I wish I could go back to those simple days

Days spent in wonder of what life would be like
Not worrying about all the little things in life
Living stress free not cynical or ashamed
Not knowing that this little girl would never be the same

How I wish for the days when I felt so free
Where wonder overtook everything effortlessly
Dreaming about all the first’s that would come about
Never knowing how my life would turn out

Daring life to blossom into everything we dream
Never knowing that the world could be so mean
Now jaded after the first kiss and the heartaches that follow
I’m in a place where princes turn to frogs and dreams become hollow

Copyright Wendy Murphy