Little One

Little One

Where is the little girl I knew?

The one who played hopscotch

With pigtails hanging down on her shoulders

I remember the freckles that covered your nose

You played baseball and you played with lizards

And you thought boys were yucky

That was so many years ago

You grew up until you were an adult

The freckles disappeared a lifetime go

The pigtails left long before that

You became a woman

Strong and beautiful

And boys are no longer yucky

I do have to tell you my Little One

When I see a picture of you now

I do not see the sexual woman the camera sees

I still see that little girl

Wearing pigtails and playing hopscotch

Playing baseball with the yucky boys

That is the girl I see and I always will

And that Little One will never change