Jessica Arteaga Poet I do not know?

Don'T Turn Around

Memory is fading
just a stutter of images that could of been reminders
reminders of lengths of hair and color
shape of body and stance
little hints of voices and laughter
all gathering to form a blank

Only questions are brought up
to mention her
Do you know why she left?
Did you leave her?
Did she forget?
Or she thought we'd forget her?

Simple actions make me want to unlock
All the questions I stopped from asking
All the frustrations I have blocked
All the things that could of happened
if she would of stayed 
and hadn't walked

And when I see lost Little girls
searching for others
I stand up behind them
straighten their backs
whisper an aggressive suggestible tack

Don't turn around 
she won't be there
keep on going
Your life is still here

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Justin Hensley June 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM This is a very strong poem you wrote! I lived though a experince in life where i seen my mom leave and never come back and not even a hint she was gonna leave till that day! and still today i havent got an answer why it happened! sorry for the pain you endured. Like u said all we can do is gone on forward with our lives and hope for the best!

Sajdah Al-Riyami June 20, 2009 at 3:47 PM I've had a friend,whose never met her parents.They literally abandonned her with her aunt while they cruised around the world.So yee<33 i feel it=)