She came to me
Tugged on my shirt
My little child
With pain in her heart
Her tears flowed down
Her sweet little face
As she cried out words
That blew me away
She said to me
Mommy, I don’t want you to die
As the tears welled up
In her big brown eyes
I’ll miss you Mommy
I don’t know what I would do
But cry every night and think of you
I stood in silence
Not knowing what to say
I cried her tears
And felt her pain
Remembered the day
When I was a child
And said those words
To my mother and cried
I said to her
While weeping aloud
My darling child
Let me wipe those tears from your eyes
You must understand
Everything that lives must die
But that doesn’t mean
I’ll stop being by your side
Mommy she said, I love you more
I told her ‘no’
It’s you I adore
But Mommy,
You just don’t understand
I’ve loved you all of my life
You have only loved me,
Half of yours
I dropped to my knees
Asking myself why?
How my child could be
So young yet so wise
Her tender words
All made sense
As I held her in my arms
And said I love you, again
She said,
Mommy, I don’t want you to die
As the tears welled up
In her big brown eyes
I’ll miss you Mommy
I don’t know what I would do
But cry every night and think of you
Lisa Lynn ‘08
Author notes
A contest entry for:
I want your darkest of dark poetry.
Make me cry and you win. Simple as that. You ready?
by Absolutely Chelsey 950 points, ends November 21, 17 entries In Angst, Contest, Dark, Emotions, Memories, Other, Pain, Sad, Thoughts
A contest entry
- I want your darkest of dark poetry. by Chelse-Oh.
950 points, ended November 21, 2008, 29 entries
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Ah..no words to comments the sensitivity you crafted through the words of your intimate poetry here..love it..and my thanks for sharing it...
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And you are the closest to make me cry yet. Definitely up there in the top three as of yet. Great job. Wonderful and beautiful. ~Chelsey
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Thank you very much Chelsey.......
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Wow yet another great poem. My favorite part in this poem is
Mommy she said, I love you more
I told her ‘no’
It’s you I adore
But Mommy,
You just don’t understand
I’ve loved you all of my life
You have only loved me,
Half of yours
this was a wonderful part.
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A much appreciative thank you! This is actually based off of a true story pertaining to my daughter and I. These are the words, emotions and situation me and her had one particular day. So this poem is very real, personal and strikes up a teary eyed emotion from deep within' me.
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