v. youth

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i miss being young

not eighteen and not sixteen

not thirty and not thirteen

not ten or nine or seven or six

i miss being two

i miss being two days old

i miss being so young that consequence was not a concept

that i was not aware of myself

that the subconscious was the only conscious

that i did not have to

think do touch feel remember

for more than a minute

that i had to but open my mouth and my every need was met

that i did not have to think

that judgement was not for me

that my faults were not my own

that i was not a person

that i was just i

that

nothing

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