Another birthday, another holiday
You still don’t call to say hi.
Yet when we see each other in the bar
It’s like no time has passed us by.
All of my life I’ve tried so hard
To please and make you proud.
But it was always in others
Your pride was found.
The only passion we shared
And still to this very day…
Is the music that made us argue
But now we love to play.
I wasn’t the most genius in school.
And certainly not into sports.
Being you didn’t attend my graduation
Really put me out of sorts.
As a teenager…
I was babysitting except it was in bars.
While my friends were doing teenage things,
I was driving drunks home in their cars.
But you know I would have done anything for you.
It was always a simple task.
If you ever needed money, a ride, a drink…
All you had to do was ask.
I remember… I sat there…
While you ripped up pictures from my childhood.
I salvaged all the others.
The ones that I could.
Seventeen years of memories
Ripped into shreds and tossed into the trash.
The few pictures of you smiling with me.
They were worth more to me than any amount of cash.
You’ve always felt no one wants you.
It stems from when your mom said she didn’t.
But for thirty one years you’ve had a girl
Who has been starving for your attention.
Please tell me what you think
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I've noticed that angst seems to very fashionable at the moment, but I'm glad that this one broke the mold, and my heart.
My father was almost the same way, except he hated me for traits that he knew were his own. That, and I could never live up to his expectations: He wanted a straight-A+ student, an athlete and a scientist, but the best I could give him was an average student, with a love of poetry and music. He even dragged me to a psychologist, telling me that, 'because you're not skinny and you don't love school, there MUST be something wrong with you'... My sister was, and is, clearly the favourite, because she's their university-kid. Parents don't realize that they can hurt us in ways unknown, because all I ever wanted was his acceptance,
I'm sorry you had to go through this. Well done, and I wish you the best.
Laura
xxx
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wow, this is amazing. though the lengths of time might be more than i can relate to each of your images is something i can easily say i was there. its an excellent poem! you really show the pain and emotion that loathing love that rips a person to shreds. excellent job!
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WOW! omfg! thi is incredible. one of the most amazing poems i've ever read. i could feel the pain and sadness but also the trials and tribulations of a tortured teenage soul. this is amazing and i'm IN LOVE with this poem!!!! wow. the best ever!!!!!!
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