Alone

I bet you that you didnt care
about how i was doing over here
all alone on the floor drowning in life that's poor.
Confused and all by myself,
feeling that i lost all self-control.

I bet that you dont care
how my mom helped you with welfare, 
trying to do whats right you burn a house
in all your shame you go to jail and
 fail to show up for my birth.

I bet you don't know how it was,
to be without a dad who lost his self,
in the dark all alone he sits in a phsyco home.

Where his mom feeds him and,
tells him how she tried to see me,
after fifteen years i fell apart, trying to pick up my broken heart,
but still i bet you didn't know how it felt to be alone.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Palli Avatar
February 23, 2010 at 3:38 AM
can feel the heartache
Fraser Avatar
February 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Many congratulations to you for your poetry being featured on the Soups home page >> James
Brown Avatar
February 22, 2010 at 6:29 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured on PoetrySoup this week Shayla. May you have many more featured. Love, Carol
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February 21, 2010 at 10:24 AM
The emotion comes through your words in a powerful way. Congratulations on having your poem featured. Keep on writing! Wishing you continued success. Karen
Freakasso Avatar
November 28, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Yeah Shayla, life for some does not come cheap,something we did not sow,sometimes we reap.God Bless.PRINCE
Fraser Avatar
November 22, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Strong emotive write Shayla, and sometimes people are just not worth your time, a warm welcome to the Soup >> James
Freeman Avatar
November 22, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Move on Shayla, there are people, in the world who are starving for friendship. Sincerely, Moses
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