Emptied Pennies of My Family

Tue, 01/17/2017 - 21:22 -- Jeno1

The sound of whispering began to fill my endless January thoughts,

My once assured mind ended up in knots

My mother's necklaces began to disappear

My father's every glance at the door was traced with fear  

Our financial misfortunes soon began to pop my naive bubble

I spent June accepting my family's growing trouble 

Anxiety grew like moss inside my body and surrounded me 

So I laid in a field of insecurity undeath the only tree

I witnessed the same sky as the day before

It occurred to me that it had never changed during my inner war

November said its' hello before I truly knew 

That I could not face another year living in only the darkest hues

I would stand upon my two feet to pull away some of my family's woes

Show that an empty bank account does not represent someone who is low

Money could no longer weigh the soul in each heart

And while nothing was stable we still felt less torn apart

Every penny costs more than it is worth

So I emptied all them out and begun my rebirth

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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