When going to school at a tender age,
The little girl would put on her socks and shoes,
Give her parents a goodbye kiss,
And run out with her school bag and lunchbox,
A smile upon her face, filled with joy and happiness,
Excited to learn a new word from her teacher.
Days turned into months,
And months into years,
Until finally came her graduation day—
The day she would leave those beautiful school days behind.
Afterward, her school uniform and school necessities
Rested quietly in the wardrobe,
Becoming memories of her beautiful early days.
She looked at them, sighed, and said,
"Indeed, this is where you finally ended,
After being with me through my beautiful early days." ??
Head pounding, his words repeated in my head like a broken record
my mind and i
are at a game of hide and seek
only i think i've gotten the rules wrong
i am both
the hider
and the seeker
the hider says”if you don’t kill yourself the seeker will”
forever searching for her
but terrified of being seen
At the playground,
I saw my friend walk off with their parents.
I have one of those!
But they had two...
I felt a fuzzy spot in my heart, but not in a good way.
My parent says every family is different... And that each one is enough.
I get it, I think.
I felt low for a moment.
Suddenly there was a hand on my shoulder.
They were big and strong and warm like a summer day.
It was MY superhero,
My parent!
My hero can carry the bags, snacks, scooters, clothes and toys of 3 people, not two!
Sometimes, they even get sweaty doing that.
I'd laugh at them as they walk to the car.
To other people, it looks funny...
But to me they are a super star.
My parent is a " single" person.
What even does that mean?
It doesn't even matter right now.
They're more than enough for me.
They bravest hero I ever did meet.
what being a parent means is that your house is always open
Evil flute
The evil flute was passed down
Generation to generation
Through the family line
Only a few knowing its power
Everyone else carefree
Until one who used to sit there
Holding grudges against his family
Threw them all in.
Wanting to be king and punish them in hell.
Old fiend
A day is coming — soon, it is,
Ordinary in every sense,
Yet I shall journey far away,
To the land where the sun shines not.
Weep not, my child.
The Lord is softly calling me home,
And who am I to resist His voice?
Though my heart clings to this world,
I must answer when He calls.
Weep not, my child.
I have lived my days in fullness,
Shown kindness where I could,
Lifted others when I was able —
Now my time of rest has come.
Weep not, my child.
Lord
You
Gave
Me
This
Human
Being
Give
Me
The
Wisdom
To
Raise
It
They look at me with folded arms,
eyes sharp as winter glass,
as if love were something borrowed
and not something earned.
I came with open hands and hope,
with laughter stitched into my dress,
but their silence weighs like questions
I was never meant to answer.
They guard the past like a kingdom,
and I am the stranger at the gate—
loving their son with a heart
they refuse to understand.
Still, I stand where love has placed me,
rooted deeper than their doubt.
Time will soften even stone,
and truth will teach them who I am.
Until then, I wear my patience
like a crown they cannot take.
For love chose me —
and love does not apologize.
I’d walk across hot lava
Swim across the ocean tide
Hell, I’d move a mountain
One rock at a time
Nothing I wouldn’t do for you
Like try to move the sea
Although I have more luck
Moving the “C” in ABCs
Some things just aren’t possible
Though for you I’d try
I’d even give my last breath
Essentially for you, I would die
I would lay down today
put everything on the line
To assure you and your siblings
Live a better life than mine
Perhaps, I were your wife,
Would you have made me a paper tiger,
one that looks fierce but cannot bite?
Perhaps, I were your husband,
Would you have used feminism to emasculate me,
turning me into a yo-yo at your whim?
Perhaps, I were your friend,
Would you have made me a clown,
one who makes you laugh but lives in sorrow?
Perhaps, I were your servant,
Would you have made me a sea squirt,
eating his own brain just to serve you?
Perhaps, I were your parent,
Would you have made me a burden,
one who bends his back to feed your pride?
Perhaps, I were your child,
Would you have made me subservient to your greed,
one who loses his future to your ego?
Perhaps, I weren’t yet born,
Would you have been proud to weave me in your DNA,
one you breathe life into to erase your doubts?
Perhaps, this were only a poem,
Would you have thought of it a classic,
one that would stand the firm test of time?
I am grateful I understand with utmost affection
how between a parent and child
there is a loving…never-ending connection….
How we never stop being a child to our parents
no matter how old we are…
no matter where we go…
and how we never stop being a parent to our children
no matter where they go
no matter how old they grow.
my dad,
my father.
climb up mountains,
he'd go farther.
hiking hills,
working hard.
paying bills
paying rent.
without that.
we'd be bent.
fixing things
that needed fixing.
breaking things
that need breaking.
my dad,
my father.
you run far,
he'd run farther.
First, we mine, then we craft, LETS MINECRAFT!!
being lulled to sleep
by warm breezy summer day
MOM! gets me back up
It's always the ones
Who lives their lives
Talking on no responsibility
And not a care in the world
Not even helping with parents
They don't care but the
Minute a parent or loved one
Dies, they'll show up
Demanding or thinking that
They're owe or entitled to something
When they haven't help or
Done anything at all for that parent
Spouting how it was their parents
To, but they knew that all along
But didn't want to help with
The responsibilities, didn't lift
A finger, but demands something
But don't worry whatever they get
It won't last with them because
Those spirits know who deserves nothing
Growing up to fast,
Coming of age.
Both about maturity but different
One witnessed something they were not supposed to see, while the other saw when ready
One forced to be a man, the other gradually becoming a man
One having a parent who would mentally abuse, while the other has two amazing parents
One having to work hard just to get a tiny bit of affection or recognition, while the other does not need to try
Growing up to quickly and Coming of age both involve maturity and growing up but are they really the same?
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