GIRLHOOD - POEM

Girlhood.

What a funny word.

Cambridge dictionary says 

It’s “the period of time when a female person is a child”

Well if that is the true definition, I believe I was never truly a child.

I never felt like a child. 

I never felt like a girl.

 I never felt like a person.

 I ‘ve always felt as if I am nothing more than a shadow.

 A reminder of a mistake that should never have been made. 

I was a reminder of a tragedy that should’ve been forgotten. 

I was a reminder of what could have been.