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I wasnt a boy back thenI wasnt a girl, eitherA boy denied boyhoodA girl misplacedA child left ashamed
Boundaries are such a beautiful thing
I wish I knew what they were when I was 8
Quite frankly, who I was then I almost hate
Though it’s a strong word let me iterate
Fostered till I was 3, adopted at 6
I know I cannot impress upon youThe love and care that I carryIt is not explosive, but stable.Strong, safe, familiar.Natural and home grownWith roots buried as deep as a tree decades old.
A Petal in the Air
A petal in the air
soaring through the breeze
getting blown away
no control or soaring
but evermore as it glides high
the petal soaring
won't fall from the sky
I had my son my first born the first love of my life that stole my heart
A unconditional love that only a mother can have one that will never be separated or part
See me crySee the truth behind the liesSee me smile, see me laughSee the flashbacks of my pastSee my bad habits come to an endSee me leave footprints in the snowSee me wave hello and goodbye
When you have nothing
You should always have family
That’s what they say.
Your family should have your back
And love you
Kindness is all around us
In the smile of a stranger
In the tinkle of a baby's laughter
In the chirp of a nightingale
For four years I cried myself to sleep
Not letting go of the pain you caused
Not letting go of the fear
Holding on to the past
I let go of my future
Oh, can’t you see I’m changing like the seasons?
In the spring of my life, I began to sprout up
Recovering from the winter of lives past
Alas the seasons keep changing
This is from your dear Mother
Who expected you for months
Sometimes feeling distressed and exhausted
Though excited, from carrying another Soul
Eyes watched how she gained weight
I was born then I grew for what reason is I Me.
The pondering moment I he the.
Spoilers are friends that have ahead of time knowledge.
Be of me my love forth life I be the viewer strength of dreams.
One word
One vicious word that makes us shudder
C-a-n-c-e-r
Your world is crumbling, therefore so is mine
You are paler, weaker, sadder
I become the adult here
What is a family?
Family is your building block
They are your foundation
When a foundation fails
You crumble
And my family failed
the woman on Jackson
and Clark
that sings hymns
to the pigeons
that coo with every psalm.
my neighbor
three doors down
who comes home looking tired
and defeated
A patch of growing hair on an otherwise bare head,
A thumb in a mouth that speaks
Undeveloped words,
That forms a smile purely for the joy of
Smiling.
Bells.Ring deafeningly.With means of girls and boys.Underneath the original singing.Like bells we were once new and brass.Then reality kicks you in the ass.The metal rusts as you walk from class to class.Subtly the tone turning into sass.As bells
Time to grow
To change
To leave.
Time to journey
And stretch
And DREAM,
Time to SEE
Time to DO
TIME TO BE A CAPABLE PERSON IN THE
WORLD.
Descending from from the top stair,
whose carpet marked red from wine stains,
(grape juice)
I chipped my tooth on the melted, false-
wooden railing.
It might last forever,
But does not.
It is all about guts
But, not.
She knows,
I know,
She loves me
I love her.
There is no
Difference.
But there is some gap
I am a product of a broken home
A summation of lost love
intertwined with lost trust
My parents broke my trust
My family tells me I am a perfect mix of
My mother and my father
There are two people, I call them mom and dad.
They've watched me grow in so many ways.
I was taught how to love, forgive, and never do anything bad,
and I know I can always go to them when my lifes gone ablaze.
There are two people, I call them mom and dad.
They've watched me grow in so many ways.
I was taught how to love, forgive, and never do anything bad,
and I know I can always go to them when my lifes gone ablaze.
There are two people, I call them mom and dad.
They've watched me grow in so many ways.
I was taught how to love, forgive, and never do anything bad,
and I know I can always go to them when my lifes gone ablaze.
Neverland
An adult,
I never want to be
I refuse to give in
And let time change me
An adult,
Run. Run. Run.
keep on running and don't ever stop.
Why am I running?
because everyone else is.
Why are they running?
because everyone else is.
Red and blue lights
All over those beautiful, broken walls
Dad never showed so I’m staying with my mom.
My friends ride their bikes to the park, as do I.