Even Prompter

From Golden Boy to Pariah

From Golden Boy to Pariah

How grateful I was
for the gift of being myself,
lonely soul with a foothold
in the world,
amazed at the chance,
amid the millions
that decided my fate.

And now, looking back,
the irony so striking,
still happy to be,
but anathema to them all
for the sin of being British.


Line count: 12
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry, Week 34
Prompt: Write a poem from a child’s point of view.