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Misunderstanding

FROM THE CHILD:

You do not see who I am,
you only see who you wish I was.
Do you know what I do?
or where I go when not at home?
You think I'm you little girl still,
so sweet and innocent.
But I will tell you mother,
I am not the little girl you loved.
I have become addicted to sex and drugs alike,
there is no stopping what started so long ago.
I will never be that girl again,
never can you hold me as you did when I was born.
You wonder what is wrong with me,
but never will I tell.
For you could never understand,
the pain I'm truly in.


FROM THE MOTHER:

My dearest child,
do not think that I do not know,
who you have become.
I see what happens every day,
though I try to deny it.
I know the drugs are hard to stop,
but one day you will understand why things are this way.
When you are grown,
with babies of your own.
You will see the fault was not just mine,
for you would not talk with me.
But make not the same mistakes that I have,
find a way to reach your babies.
Do not give up as so many do,
but press on through.
I can only do so much,
even if I wish to give you the world.
I do understand that being a child is not all fun,
for I myself was once where you now stand.
Thinking that my mother did not know,
who I truly was.
But as I look back I now see,
that she turned a blind eye to what I did.
Unable to accept,
that I was no longer her baby girl.
From this moment on,
I will try to help you more the best I can.
For even though you no longer are my baby girl,
you are still my child and I love you still.

Author notes

'Mummy your looking at me but your not really seeing me'
I was compelled to write from a mothers point of view, for I am a mother now, and as I though back I realized that my own mom (grand-mama was my mom) turned a blind eye on what I did so that she wouldn't have to admit I had changed.

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  • PonyPride
    March 27, 2008

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    this good but honestly it kind of went on and on. I did however like the message. good start and best of luck


  • UnManned4Ever
    March 2, 2008

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    this is really good. I like it. I can relate to the girls side, but unfortunately my mother was not like the one who answers in the poem. Great write nonetheless!!!


  • Sorath
    March 1, 2008
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    Thanks for the entry! Awesome point of view, I think it just takes one mum to break the cycle. My mum broke that cycle and I thank her for that. Hopefully you will be the one to break it! I liked the originality of this and it's setting out. You have made your message really clear which is what most writers have trouble with funnily enough!
    Good Luck!