When I was young.

When I was young
I played the hero
that saved the world.
I played the villain
with a smile
and grinned,
there were no rules.

I played the soldier
who never died
I played the soldier
who did, reenacted
a hundred times
on how to fall dead.

I was Batman, Superman,
the invisible man,
I played the genie,
three wishes and all.
But I never played God.
He just didn’t seem real.

Reviews

[Mrudula Rani]

This is absolutely lovely writing Andrew, seems like a perfect picture of innocence, but you show the depth and beauty in the understanding of children.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, this is so true...we pretended to be everybody..but not him...
too immense to even think about....and as kids, we didn't understand...
i really like where you took this one.
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you very much Jacob.