Silver_Swaaan
When the Sugarcanes Were Taller Than Me is a heartfelt journey back to childhood a time when tears were shed over toys, goodbyes felt like forever, and the world seemed simpler than it is today.
Growing up surrounded by vast sugarcane fields, a little girl learned about love through her family's sacrifices, loneliness through distance, and strength through the quiet moments she never understood as a child. What once felt like abandonment became proof of love, and what once felt like pain became the foundation of the woman she would become.
This poem is a letter to the child she used to be the dreamer, the believer, the girl who saw heaven in her own colors and never imagined how heavy life could get.
A story of nostalgia, family, growing up, and longing for the days when the only thing taller than her worries were the sugarcanes around her.
"Sometimes, I don't want to go back to change the past. I just want to visit the little girl I once was and thank her for holding on."