A naked bulb gives light to a small room,
white on white adding glare to the gloom.
Fear escapes on breath of mumbling lips,
pleading sorrow as consciousness slips.
Guilt seeps into her nightmarish dreams,
as her tears terminate in silent screams.
Bullied by scorn and accusing looks,
her belly kept her nerves on hooks.
Relief is nigh for the shame she feels,
wanting to shed one of youth’s ordeals.
A misguided woman seeking out help,
to remove this burden of a whelp.
In drugged stupor she rebuffs hope,
her fledgling soul unable to cope.
A cold chill penetrates her veil of sleep,
a life's ended and she starts to weep.
Innocence suffers for another’s pain,
to die in the shadows of disdain.
A rejected soul forever haunted by why,
its mother was unwilling to try.
A contest entry
- Babies Are Real, Not Your Throw-Away Mistakes by Shakespeare.
1010 points, ended April 21, 2008, 10 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Abortion Anything Goes by SignifyingNothing.
555 points, ended April 27, 33 entries
Honorable mention
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What did you think
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I really liked it
This is very detailed and i loved the way you described every emotions.
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VERY powerful. This has me almost speechless. A terrific rhyming poem. Sometimes I feel that good rhyme is hard to find, so many poet's force their rhymes and end up mutilating the structure of the poem, but this did a great job. Intense write my fellow poet. Great job and thanks for entering, this is one for the finalists list.
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very touching, I loved the imagery in the 1st stanza
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Everyone must walk their own path
Poem is well done as far as structure and has a minor strain in last line of stanza two.
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nice
this is a very good written peice...mine are pretty bad but your writing just overshadows mine..but good luck down the road ;]
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nice job!
Good luck in the contest... if it isn't deleted
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i would have to say this is very impressively written. the rhyme was done very well even if it was end rhyme... which is something i don't particularly like, but you pulled it off rather well. you also seem to have a very fantastic vocabulary which aided the general flow of your work. very well done.
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Intense
I can't even, I don't know where to begin... it's amazing... It makes me want to cry.
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omg
this is is amazing how much emotion you wroter in this poem good luck in the contest
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