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Keepsake

When you left home, you gave back to me the picture I’d given you for christmas the one that I thought you would enjoy having as a keepsake of you and me It was the one of me with my arm around you I was so proud of my fourteen year old boy You said, “I don’t need this.” Perhaps you meant nothing by it but it broke my heart a little bit April 26, 2018 Submitted 9/12/2021 for the '''K'' Contest, New or Old' Poetry Contest Sponsor: Constance La France

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Janice Canerdy

Date: 9/15/2021 2:06:00 PM

CONGRATS on your win with this touching poem, Andrea. Janice

Sam Kauffman

Date: 9/15/2021 10:45:00 AM

Children do have a way of leaving muddy footprints on our hearts! So well written. Congratulations on your win dear friend!

Constance La France

Date: 9/15/2021 7:06:00 AM

Andrea, excellent and congratulations on your win in my "K" Contest with this beautiful poem, well done ~ love and serenity _Constance

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 9/14/2021 8:08:00 PM

Love this Andrea, can imagine how it must have hurt having the picture rejected. Congratulations on your win in Constance’s contest… Belle

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 9/14/2021 3:21:00 PM

Congratulations on your win, Andrea. I can understand your feelings, but he was only fourteen year old - some day he will realize how parents feel about small things or gestures about their children. You are a great Mom! Love and BW ~ Mala

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/14/2021 3:40:00 PM

In that moment, he was 18. Now he is 41 and still he has not learned. Ahhhh, what can I say.? I do know he loves me, however.

Marilene Evans

Date: 9/14/2021 2:55:00 PM

Oh, its sad! But, sometimes children love their parents and does not know how to show it .... I have four of them... they are all different... Have a great evening.....

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 8/11/2018 6:03:00 AM

Ah, I can relate to this, it touched me to the core, have a wonderful day dear woman.

Robert Johnson

Date: 4/30/2018 10:28:00 PM

Great depiction of that clueless youthful insensitivity. We don't mean to be thoughtless at that age. But some of us, I guess are just so caught up in life that we aren't paying attention to these things. I bet he would want it now. :)

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 4/28/2018 12:03:00 PM

I know the feeling but I think it was in that it means more to us than to them and we might like it to look at more than they would. I kept all the kids school work and report cards thinking they might like to see it when they grew up. nope. I got rid of it all in nice big bond fire. love phyl

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/27/2018 2:28:00 PM

How sad, Andrea. He probably just wanted you to hold onto it for safe keeping, but the words came out wrong. Very moving, my friend. Love, carolyn

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/27/2018 7:07:00 PM

No , this really is my son. No gifts or cards do I get either (I think he does not get away with that where his wife is concerned. haha). I know he loves me. He is just very different but I am glad that he got his independence from me and Joe and also he got his smarts at least from one of his parents because it landed him the DA job!!

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/27/2018 2:28:00 PM

How sad, Andrea. He probably just wanted you to hold onto it for safe keeping, but the words came out wrong. Very moving, my friend. Love, carolyn

Matthew Anish

Date: 4/27/2018 9:46:00 AM

How sad! We hurt people unintentionally all the time. Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/27/2018 7:19:00 AM

Andrea, this is an accurate portrayal of REAL LIFE. Nicely put! And we have all been there. My 12 year old daughter would ask me to park beside the Middle school, and she would slither out from the floor of the backseat; she was so ready to claim me as not her mother, so compared to this, you are good!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/27/2018 7:08:00 PM

sorry about that, Caren. Some kids don't even try to remember the good stuff from their childhood!

Ralph Sergi

Date: 4/27/2018 7:12:00 AM

Hi Andrea: Children reach a point in their lives where some precious things lose their significance of familial attachments until they grow older. It can be sad. Very expressivE poem

Vijay Pandit

Date: 4/27/2018 6:05:00 AM

So touching Andrea..you have captured the moment expertly..this poem has to win!

Harry Horsman

Date: 4/27/2018 4:56:00 AM

Sad, Andrea, you really bring it home..love this..

John Gondolf

Date: 4/27/2018 4:44:00 AM

Oh, Andrea, I could feel your hurt in this verse. Best of luck. John

James Peranteau

Date: 4/26/2018 11:53:00 PM

This free versus is very touching Andrea... I know that I have advanced warning, yet, I still feel the ache... In three years Noah will be saying, "goodbye" to me to join the United States Marine Corps along with my other children serving in the Armed Forces of this Great United States of America. Gripping write dear poet ! Have a beautiful weekend.... Much love, james