Angst Mother Daughter Poems

It wasn’t the life she wanted.
This life drained the light from her eyes,
Turning them to deep gray circles,
Her voice lost its tone,
She lost herself.
Mothering was...

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For Silent One's - Mamma Poetry Contest

Where is the love, Mamma?

Through broken Louvre blinds, you're ever watching
Rosary beads clicking prayers on repeat mode, uttering
Your plethora...

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There was a lady in her late thirties

She loved juicy gossip and kitty parties

Kids were two, an older boy and a younger girl

Naughty devils but...

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Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like...

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Killing me will not save you 
Saving me will not kill you
Without a choice we’ll be stagnate forever.
We will never get out of this hell...

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My kind of Store

The big fancy door
Opened up into a whimsical store.

Things I haven’t seen before.
Things my Mother would deplore.

My eye caught something I wore,
I...

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My real mommy's love oft eludes me, living in her shadow.
My roleplays of being a mommy means there's a void in me.
My mommy type friends...

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why was i even born
my teachers like me
my friends like me
even think i’m funny

but my mom hates me
she hates me
she thinks i’m a burden
and that...

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Some days my mother and I don’t speak,
We’ll pass each other in the hallway,
 and 
       we will pretend...

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Realizing a fresh life growing inside, 
What thoughts coursed through your mind, 
I still wonder, oh dear my mom. 
Did you gleefully welcome the news?
Or...

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Don't know your address, in Heaven somewhere
Just know, I'm writing this with utmost care.
I never knew you, for you died one day,
left softly when my...

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Bits of what we had
Became unstrung, life then spun
Out of my control.
Then saw goodness of your soul...
Sadly cannot find them all....

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Her mother fussed
        over every little detail.
      And always finding something to adjust,
...

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like a dog with a bone,
 I
    threw  
            ...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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