Down the Drain

I can count my lovers with fingers
not promiscuous none the less
at age sixty two what say you

never used a condom
as it will be condemning
my beliefs

of not procreating
good genes
or the crazy 

never to hold my babies
as fetus they were flushed
for the abuse at age fourteen

not a choice if you tell me
of morning sickness
to hide from my mother 

bringing the wolf in her den
of lush and many tears
well I paid the price

but all is swell and a line or two
a survivor for you to read
the indulge the dreams
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Allison Avatar
March 29, 2016 at 6:40 AM
Such a heartbreaking write Catherine:-(
Labeau Avatar
March 29, 2016 at 7:05 AM
as they say whats not break you make you strong on the border of madness I became an artist of a bullet in the guts to get rid of the bully and my mother asked me on her last day for the gun
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