Tag: childhood
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A Nightmare Remembered…
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75 years ago, I read an illustrated copy of Jane Eyre. I was eight years old and fascinated by the haunting drawings and the story itself. A sad, complicated story that gave me nightmares. I spent my childhood trying to escape from a miserable childhood, reading everything I could get my hands on. The story…
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Summer Days… #Poetry
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Summer Days Battersea Park My childhood playground Boating lake, paddling pool Splash and laugh all day Buy a bag of chips On the way home Wrapped in newspaper that did not stain your hands making the chips taste all the better treasured moments now I remember them too often Wishing I could turn the…
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The Perfect Visit…
A man, a very good-looking man with soft brown eyes and warm, gentle hands, has just spent the best part of ten minutes touching my face and gazing adoringly into my eyes. Well, the last part might just be an exaggeration on my part, but I can dream, can’t I? Overall, though, he made me…