GROWING UP

{ This poem is a rictameter. A rictameter is a poem of 9 lines with no restriction on rhyme scheme. The only restriction is that the first and last lines must be exactly the the same and the syllable count must be 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2. }








A kid

Grows up and up

Into manhood in years...

Childhood leaves memories and deep scars.

At lonely nights past haunts and memories taunt.

Childhood never comes back...in sleep

He gets rid of them by

Curling up like

A kid.