Bedwetter

"Not again", he softly cries, 
Dreams of merriment now slain. 
Ev'ry day the same demise, 
Dying by his bedroom bane. 

Scrubbing out a mattress stain, 
Just to see it reappear, 
Seems to him to be in vain, 
Dropping yet another tear. 

Friends go camping ev'ry year, 
Sleepovers are ev'ry week. 
Slumber is his biggest fear, 
Waking to that awful reek. 

Life for him is cold and bleak, 
Father's belt, his only cure. 
Now he thinks that he's a freak, 
Father only made him sore. 

He doesn't want this anymore, 
He doesn't want to scrub his bed, 
So now he sleeps upon the floor, 
And keeps the stains inside his head.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Brown Avatar
July 22, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Today as I read this piece you have written I am thankful that you have shared it with us. I hope you will present us with more of your poetry in the near future. Don't let your ink dry out. I wish you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be Timothy Y. Love, Carol
Roberts Avatar
July 21, 2010 at 8:07 PM
powerful and sad piece
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