Wilma Neels Poet Free verse

Used and Abused

Guilty feelings is what 
I’m left with, 

How could I?
How could I be so weak?
How could I be so stupid?

How could I believe your lies? 
I should have known,
You were using me…

I should have been stronger
I could have said NO!!
Like all the other times
now I’m left with doubts
and insecurities…

You’re gone!
Heaven knows if I’ll ever 
see you again, 
me and my pipe-dreams
state of mind,
thought you loved me

All you wanted was my body
now my body might change forever…

I HATE YOU!
for taking my innocence away…

I HATE YOU!
for being the reason 
I’m left vulnerable,
left feeling used,
left feeling dirty…

What will my parents say?
I am only fifteen, still a child myself
I’m not ready 
to be a mother…

*This poem was inspired by the high number of Teenage Pregnancies around the world*

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Michael J. Falotico July 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM Good message for young gilrs...great write..Michael

Sara Kendrick July 6, 2010 at 2:36 PM Great empathic feelings in this one..There is an epidemic of these around the US..Sara

Carolyn Devonshire July 6, 2010 at 1:37 PM Wilma, I'm concerned about the rate of teen pregnancies, too. I think you captured the feelings of all the young women who feel abandoned once they become pregnant. Wish the young men would behave more responsibly. Powerful poem that evokes strong emotions. Love, Carolyn

Laura Malmstrom July 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM Way too many girls have felt exactly like this. Even in cases where they dont end up pregnant, the feelings they experience lead so many down the road to self destruction. Well said! -Laura