Hey, hey little miss runaway,
won't you just come home today?
We have searched for you night and day,
please come back our little runaway.
Hey, hey little miss runaway,
are you hungry?have you been fed?
Are you alive? or are you dead?
have you been tucked gently into bed?
Hey, hey little miss runaway,
you've been gone now for 4 days.
I am weary ,I've had no sleep,
my emotions are running so deep.
Hey, hey little miss runaway,
sister and brother want to play.
I've put up posters everywhere,
have you seen them? do you even care?
Hey ,hey little miss runawy,
soon it will be a 5th day.
Wait a minute,a call is coming,
we found your little girl out thumbing.
Hey, hey little miss runaway,
how could you do this to me so many days?
And now you are laughing and think it is funny,
How could you do this to your momma honey?
Author notes
I wrote this about my oldest daughter that ran away at age 15 with a friend of hers,the whole time they were at a guys house 2 houses down from the other girls house!The guy finally dumped them out in another town, when me and the other girls mother got there and we were crying ,the girls were laughing at us!
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I know the fear you had churning inside you with your daughter missing at that age. As for the laughing, maybe that was just nervous bravado, trying to look cool when inside they are just two scared kids in deep trouble. When we were caught out doing wrong we had to look as sorry as we felt. It is a different world out there now with the kids following different rules, rules that make no sense at all to us. Looking cool in the presence of your friends is the only rule. How do parents ever survive the teenage years? A very "real" write from a distraught mother, nicely done.
Sheila
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That is so sad; as Midnight-x-Rose said, it's horrible and certainly not funny; i hope that your daughter will, at some stage of her life, realise what she has put you through from that terrible prank, and know too, that no mother should be treated that way - when she is only worried for her own daughters safety. I am just gobsmacked as to how she treated you...
You wrote this very well; at the beginning I thought it was for a younger child, one who had maybe been abducted but your reptition worked well here; and that ending was certainly unexpected...
thank you for entering
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This is horrible and certainly not funny, they could've been in a lot of danger. I am sure when they grow up they'll realise why you were upset when they have their own kids and will see how immature they are. Well done for keeping up the hope though, beautifully wrote.
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A typical teenager not caring while mothers pull the hair out of their heads maybe teenagers who read this will think twice great job
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i'm speechless
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Excellent Writing, as usual
I admire you so much for how honest and straightforward you are! It is wonderful. I am sure many are learning valuable lessons from what you share here in AP of lessons learned from your life.
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This one deserves trophies. Very moving work. I was interested reading the story behind this poem. Thanks as always for sharing your works with us!
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Great flow. DAmn... that was a little heartless of your daughter to do. Am sorry that happened
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Congrats on your trophies. I really liked this.
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Congrats on the two bronze and the honorable mention trophies. I liked how personal this was, it really added depth to it. I couldn't imagine not knowing where my child was, if they were okay... especially my daughter! That would be so nerve-racking and you captured those feelings very well through this poem... I am glad that everything worked out alright. Thank you for sharing your story and good luck.
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this is so full of emotions and questions that i think any of us would ask. i mean sure, there are some kids where staying just isn't an option because their parents are horrible people and abuse them and stuff like that but when we are good parents who love and children and they pull crap like this and then find it amusing it makes you wonder.
oh wait, i was this horrible daughter when i was your daughter's age
well at least i didn't laugh about it when i realized how much i hurt and worried my dear father 
best of luck in the contest. be well and be blessed
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Good luck on the contest.This is a truely sad story.Kids can sure put us through alot sometimes but they are very worth it.I wish I had more time with them then I do.Only get to see them once in awhile.Any way the words you picked out were great.Sounds like a song.
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Great write. I can see how that must have upset you. I'm sixteen and already talked to my father about leaving. He only told me that if I leave not to come back. It's nice to know that there are some parents who would actually care if their child ran away. Thank you soo much for entering my contest.
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This is a great peice, sad but well writwen. It is a very difficult thing to not know where your child is, how they ar or ifd they are even still alive! I am so glad that at least she returned home, even thouygh she laugh and could not understand your woryy at least she was safe. Good write and good luck in the contest.
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Oh. This is another sad poem I have found by you. I read your author notes and my heart just goes out to you. I can't imagine how hard that must have been for your child to run off and leave you to worry and cry and fret. I can't believe that they would laugh about it and not care. How horrible. I thought you did a good job in expressing yourself and your feelings and I hope that she is more thoughtful of her mother now.
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wow, great poem. i cant imagine what ou went through and to think that they were laughing. great. congratulations on the trophies.
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amazing thanx for entering!
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EXCELLENT!!!
WOW!! If taht was me and my mom found me I would have been sooo scared. I wouldn't have laughed. I'm sorry you had to go through that and I hope you and your daughter have a great relationship now. Excellent job here.
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Wow, that is very sad, I'm sorry. As I was reading this it realy gave me a sense of what the parents must feel. I really like this piece, very creative.
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Our children can hurt us so deeply because we love them so much. Thank God you got her back safe and sound. Kids think they are immortal. We did when we were young.
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Sad
It's sad today what kids will do and think it's funny, this is not the world of 20 or 25 years ago where you didn't have to worry when your kids were out. Terrible things happen in this world today to children who are unescorted. i hope somebody reads your poem and it gives them pause and time to think of what it does to the parents. Well done...Scott
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forgot something
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ouch. what cruel things teenage girls can think of. The love of a parent is powerful and beautiful. Thank you for entering.
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OMG how evil our own children can be at some times, I would have been furious!!!! Good job by the way this was written very well, I like the rhythm it kept very nice
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seems like every mothers fear, to not know where their daughter is. You wrote with much emotion and so it made this a very unique write. I enjoyed it very much.I wonder what your daughters memmories of this event will be when she is older.
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Beautiful
Oh Dear a pathetic tale of a mother. It is indeed successful in moistening my eyes. Wishing a very good luck in the contest. The melancholy and the grievings of a Mom are so touchingly expressed in the poem. Daughters need to understand the affection of parents and relatives as well. At the young age they consider only friends. But the situations improve as they grow old. Keep it up. A lovely write.
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This is so painfully beautiful and very touching the last line brought tears to my eyes. Children can be so cruel at times. I feel as if the Hey,hey little miss runaway reflects the cheek you felt from your daughter. Good luck in the contest.
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