i was by myself again today-
walking lone on the streets;

hair down; wearing big tees & shorts.
i missed my sounds of people.

i stopped by the traffic light.
& i waited for the green man to light.

closing in;
i watched the glass panels outside a restaurant.

i saw a girl.
i felt like embracing her-

she had a round face,
just very slightly pudgy from over-eating.
her glossy hair hung loosely by her neck,
down to her breasts;
straight, but curling at all different places,
like squrming, having a life of its own.

it was dark brown;
her hair, her eyes.
it was dark and intense.
nobody could tell,
but i saw tolerance, tiredness, pain.

her nose is like a button,
right smack in the middle.
her eyebrows, weary.
she had full,pink lips.
slightly parted, curled upwards.

but that's not what changed how i felt.
no,not her mysteriousness, not her secrecy.
it was her everything.

the girl is now a woman.
a lady, supple, ready for the world.

she stood tall, broad, distinct shoulders.
waist curved a lil' inwards,
buttocks perky & firm.
long, tanned slender legs.
she's beginning to look like an adult.

as the girl held her head high;
she seems like she has lost a great deal of innocence.
she misses her old self,
when she had no worries, nothing much to think about.
but there's nothing she could do,
but to move forward.

the girl looked at me;
& i stared back.
are you ready?

i blinked.
she was gone;
the green man flashed,
& i begin crossing the road.

xox;♥ace
P.S: 18 years in a row ;p