Poem: Lucille Clifton, “There is a girl inside”
Posted by netizen on February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
There is a girl inside
By Lucille Clifton
There is a girl inside.
She is randy as a wolf.
She will not walk away and leave these bones
to an old woman.
She is a green tree in a forest of kindling.
She is a green girl in a used poet.
She has waited patient as a nun
for the second coming,
when she can...
Source: poeta y diwata
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