{"id":3478,"date":"2023-07-07T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciabatessmith.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2023-07-29T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:35:36","slug":"little-girl-in-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2023\/07\/07\/little-girl-in-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Girl in Me."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TBS July 7, 2023, a poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Little girl in me, come out to play. \nIt is too long you have been sheltered. \nThe Sun shines bright. I wish to see it sparkle in your hair. \nI need the light of your eyes to awaken all the cells of this body.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Little girl in me, it is time to run down the garden path once again, \nto take pause at the yellow daisies \nand to hop in glee at the sight of a butterfly. \nDance our girl, dance, to the music coming from your heart.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Little girl in me, please forgive me my indifference over so many years. \nMy busy-ness and self-importance took me away from your care. \nNow, you care for me. \nYou are what this body needs to release the tightness. \nYou are what this mind needs to get back to what is important. \nYou are what this soul needs because you are the spark of God Love placed within it.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Little girl in me, thank you for not giving up on me as I did you. \nThank you for holding onto our joy-ball, always ready to play. \nThank you for your vision that can always look on others with Love, \nand upon this world with wonder at its beauty.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">This mature woman loves you, our girl. \nWe\u2019ve been apart due to my choices. Love is now the priority. \nI need you with me, little girl within. \nTo help me show God\u2019s Love as I run along the garden paths of this world.\nThank you.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TBS July 7, 2023, a poem. Little girl in me, come out to play. It is too long you have been sheltered. The Sun shines bright. I wish to see it sparkle in your hair. 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