A poem

[Here's a poem I wrote when I was just about 15 [year 2001]. I rather fancied my chances back then in literature, and it may be sheer optimism that made me believe this was a nice effort, although I like it still. I'd titled it 'Freedom'. Here's the poem.]

I am a child again-

A small, tender naked child.

I run on the shores of the of eternity,

I die only to be born again.

I am not ashamed of my nudity,

I do not wipe off the stream of tears that run down my cheeks;

I laugh aloud and shout my heart out-

My purity shall answer for my sins.

I am surrounded by other children-

Children with different features, sizes and colours,

Children with hearts just like mine-

Its our childhood that binds us.

Over the horizon, I see the sun rise.

I hear the rising sounds of laughter around me.

I stand motionless until it is all I can stand-

I clap my hands and rush towards the Sun

And me and the Sun are one.

yours sincerely

Jude