Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Verse

The Long Wail

It's okay to cry now,
it's alright, because your baby is dead
You said you didn't mean to smother the child;
and the first baby, you said you accidently dropped on it's head
That's twice you've been clumsy with life
Yes, I believe you
because your tears are salty sincere
No, I don't believe you're a monster,
heredity just skipped over you when it passed out the maternal gene
Your life's been hell
since those two infants died
At night, you let out a long wail ---
your promise of being a mother is again denied
You had motherly dreams
of teaching them how to walk, how to talk
You had motherly desires 
of watching your children grow like flowers,
and blossom into a better you
But you smothered one with careless love,
and in a momentary fit of frustration ... not hate ... you shook the baby,
and the tyke fell loose
All because the baby wouldn't stop crying,
but everyone one knows that's what babies do
It's okay to cry now,
it's alright, because your babies are dead
I guess I would be scared too,
if I thought I was cursed and going to hell
I think I would cry every night also,
having tortured dreams would make me scream a long wail

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Cheryl Hoffman December 9, 2016 at 7:43 AM Its sad because a lot of people keep having children when they have no parental skills whatsoever! Thought provoking deep write Freddie!:)

Darren White December 9, 2016 at 1:11 AM This is how life is. I know it can be hard to read, but this is reality.

Eileen Manassian December 8, 2016 at 4:57 PM This really got to me...I really don't know what to write in response. For a mother to kill her own children...we live in a sin sick world and that is the only explanation there is for such a thing as this. One day...all will be well. There is a heaven to come...

Anne-Lise Andresen December 8, 2016 at 3:01 PM - A story that makes me sad ... very sad - How can a mother ... or was it really an accident ... two children ... - How many children end their lives this way .... no, I can not bear to think about it - a deep and well written poem Freddie - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Heidi Sands December 8, 2016 at 12:30 PM Freddie, this is so deeply intense , and so sad. You have brought attention to what happens out there and I like your truthful writing because of that. Showing situations for what they are. Keep up it up. :) Freddie Robinson Jr. December 8, 2016 at 2:28 PM Ty, Heidi. Some poems I write are very tough to do because how emotionally close I am to the situation. But I think the reader deserves to see life in all of it's imperfections, so that we don't make the same mistakes others have made. Appreciate your strong support. Love always to you.

Doug Vinson December 8, 2016 at 12:29 PM 7. Freddie, a hard read for me, given the subject. (Can you imagine...) But a good one; I think it would be good for every parent-to-be to read it. Tell you what - you think about a lot of profound stuff, and you bring it to us. Just think if the woman in your poem could return to an earlier time and not make those mistakes. Heck, in the end almost all of us have something in our history that we really regret. Sometimes, there's no coming back from it. Cheers, my friend. Freddie Robinson Jr. December 8, 2016 at 2:21 PM Ty, Doug for the keen insightful comments. I tried to show how the mother overcompensated by giving a smothering love to the second baby, as opposed to the short-given love to the first baby. Tragic on both ends. Love you, my poetic friend.

Alexis Y. December 8, 2016 at 10:37 AM WoW! Freddie, You penned such a deep dark write. This write pulls at my heart strings. It makes me mad and sad at the same time. As a mother I'm screaming how can the persona in this write do that to her kids?Because I can't wrap my mind around it. It's pure evil in my book.You have penned the darkside of parenthood. A without seven:-) Alexis Freddie Robinson Jr. December 8, 2016 at 11:02 AM Ty, Alexis for being the first to comment on this poem. Infant death caused by neglect is such a big issue w/me, seeing how I come from a big family. I tried not to paint the mother as an evil person, but a very careless person. She suffers each day w/the consequences of her neglect. Love your glowing comments. Much love to you, dear.