a girl once

This is Work in Progress...
I will keep updating this poem as and when words come to me and put them up on the blog. I thought the intial draft didn't quite sound right, it started well but fell apart in the middle. So well, let me see how this one goes. Hope i find the words, i am not yet sure, where this will lead to...

a girl once - feb23.06

there was this, a girl once
who pranced around in childlike gait
clicked her fingers
kicked her feet
flicked her hair in a single plait

she tossed the pebbles
white and grey
light and dark
and plenty shades
she tossed the pebbles
that grazed the waters
of that calm and silver silky lake

she smiled at strangers
smiled at friends
smiled at boys with tousled hair
an open smile with one tooth less
she stuck her tongue out
from that tiny cave

she stood by the window
stood on tip-toe
she Gazed out wide eyed
pressed her face
and that squashed little nose

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a girl once - feb16.06

there was this, a girl once
who pranced around in childlike gait
clicked her fingers
kicked her feet
flicked her hair in a single plait

she tossed the pebbles
white and grey
light and dark
and plenty shades
she tossed the pebbles
that grazed the waters
of that calm and silver silky lake

she smiled at strangers
smiled at friends
smiled at boys with tousled hair
an open smile with one tooth less
she stuck her tongue out
from that tiny cave

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a girl once - feb13.06.

there was this, a girl once
who pranced around in childlike gait
clicked her fingers
kicked her feet
flicked her hair in a single plait

she tossed the pebbles
white and grey
light and dark
and plenty shades
she tossed the pebbles
that grazed the waters
of that calm and silver silky lake

flowery frocks in summer evenings
springs she sat on a swinging swing
winters saw the snowflakes cling
hazy windows and misty mornings

summers came and so did winters
spring too, through the years
that little girl who was once
no longer did she
prance around in childlike gait
clicked her fingers
kicked her feet
flicked her hair in a single plait

tell her, they did
she needs be a woman
with eyes that studied
cautious steps and grounded feet
tell them, she did
she was a woman indeed
with careful eyes
cautious steps and grounded feet

and then when there was none
she would be that girl once
who pranced around in childlike gait
clicked her fingers
kicked her feet
flicked her hair in a single plait

:)