Oliver
Hello there, I'm sure you already know who I am,
My full name is Oliver Lee Kirkland, everyone.
I am a mere twelve years old at this moment,
But I love to write poetry, here's is my life, full and done.
I was nothing more than an accident when I was born,
My real mother even considered abortion when I came along.
But she went along with it, and then I was born somehow,
But I was a very sick little thing, I wasn't very strong.
The only family I knew that loved me was my grandfather,
The one that I was named after in the first place.
When I was wrongly beaten by my parents, he was always there,
Always there to fill the void in my chest, the empty space.
It was a few days before my birthday that I found my parents,
Sprawled on the ground, overdosed on new drugs they found.
I was sent to live with my grandfather, who I could trust,
But for some reason, I always felt sadness linger around.
Tragedy struck, and my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer,
And I remember those last words he uttered before the line went blank.
"Spread your wings, child..." He said with a worn out smile,
And tears fell down my face as my heart sank.
I was sent to an orphanage, where I was rather ignored,
No one liked me, I was always left out or alone.
Without interaction, I fell into a dark hole that I couldn't get out of,
And my eyes were as dull as a stone.
Luckily, I was adopted by a very sweet woman by the name of Alice Bell,
All alone without love because she couldn't have any children.
With a smile, she swept me away and treated me better than ever,
Overjoyed to finally have a child of her own, it was gift she was given.
Now, we spend our time together as a happy mother and son,
Doing many things together that I never could have done before.
Like my grandfather said, the smart man knew everything,
I have spread my wings, and they will lead me on forevermore.
April 9th, 2015
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