This is a poem I was inspired to write after reading other good work on the interet. It is my desire to keep writing each day, and to keep trying to perfect my work. I have been published on ezines such as Poetic Voices and other sites though I feel my work is still needing better form. I am an author on Author's Den and have written over 200 poems since 2003. I look forward to writing more in the future and posting other poems on this site. Please feel free to comment and visit my site on Authors Den. Just do a search for Antoinette Kopperfield.

Here is the poem I wrote this morning.

Granddaddy's House

It was a day I remember well
the past. The forgotten, the pain.
A time when my grandfather
insisted I change my clothes
outside. After a cool splash
in the water from the sprinkler
of my grandparents home

So vivid as though
it were yesterday
He still lingers
in my mind. The authoritarian
who once shattered
the emotions
of one certain child

I look back now
in rememberance
I can still see the lattice
with vines and shadows
of the sun cracking
though the worn wood
painted white. My innocence
taken away, grieved upon
now by the shame
of dressing outside
with the world in plain view

I was less than five
though I remember it well
I told him "granddaddy,
I don't want to change here"
My tears were left behind
by the silence of time

Antoinette Kopperfield has been a poet for over 30 years. She has been published on Poetic Voices and other ezines. She is currently working on her Masters in Creative Writing. She is the mother of five children.

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