(teen Baby Boom Not Cute)
Love
is fragile
babies
are cute
but add on their
burden
and than the love
begins to fizzle
weaknesses
surface
like a soggy pancake
that once tasted sweet
your love is bitter now
You sometimes imagine
what it would be like
if you had chosen
a different path
Maybe you can at least
dream that this isn't your life
the babies crying grows louder
maybe it's because she misses her father
The girl he sneaks off to see
is young vibrant and free
the girl you use to be
Your trapped feeling sorry
trying to be the mommy that you
thought you could be
at eighteen
Lies are what he told you
when he said he would be there
Your heart is what broke
now that you know he doesn't care
Your mom warned you that an abortion
would be the best way out
but you were in love
you guys were gonna be
the perfect family
at least it's what you thought.
Sometimes love is fragile
and than there's the times
when it didn't exist to begin with
Copyright © Shahana Jackson | Year Posted 2008
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