Ties That Bind
YOU'VE GOT TO BE MISTAKEN, YOU MUST BE WRONG!!!
I cried so hard, for so long
Only seven,
I’m too young to be an orphan
I remember it, as if it were like yesterday
When they took me down to the parlor
To identify my parents’ bodies
Here today, gone tomorrow
Less good than bad examples I did follow
No someone in my life to give me unconditional care
Until he came along, such a dear
But like all the others, expectations he had
And as would a horror movie, it all went bad
PUSH!!!
It’s as if I was looking down on my body
Was that my imagination or the nurse screaming at me
More miraculous things have been known to happen
As I slowly drift back to reality
Is that a baby, whose is he?
HAPPY TWENTIETH!!! They shouted
Another birthday another year
Being a single mother has its wear and tear
Days turn into weeks, then into months and years
As I watched my restless juvenile, turn my aspirations into fears
GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, YOU ARROGANT FOOL!!!
The cops were here again today,
I thought you were in school
I’m tired of them always, giving me the third degree
I’ll rather get rid of you
Than you causing the death of me.
So with the trials of passing times
Her health begins to fade
But she could not forget about him
Because he was her child
And he will always be a part of her
Body, soul and mind
Entered in the "TORMENTED - Poetry Contest"
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Copyright © Carlene Simpson | Year Posted 2016
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