They said "Reform School" was the answer to my unruliness.
"They" the all powerful; parents abdicating their duties
to wile away the hours and years nurturing drinks,
raising their voices, teaching us lessons best forgotten.
All I longed for was a friend, a big sister; safety in numbers-
I could see her house from the field, crying dry eyed.
She made banana milk shakes with an egg
and a dash of vanilla heaven, the two of us - What harm?
Yet that fall, after the threats and stony coldness; alone again -
I am passed on like a ratty coat from a pile of cast offs.
At 13, gone are the crumbs of comfort amid the finery;
my own room, cats, books, the music of fine rain,
fragile hope; brittle, bitter dreams cracked and ground.
Boarding passes for life only to those outside its prison walls.
Dark gothic halls, black donned Sisters with averted eyes-
Regimented days, weeks, months in the sad company
of bewildered girl-children, together-alone; Lepers?
What was boarding school if not reform school?
Learning was the culling away of a sweet young spirit
'til blowing grit was more than the remains.....
boarding passes for life yet, inside my aging, wailing walls.
Author notes
Boarding Passes
A contest entry
- Freedom Rounds by Writing0Freedom.
400 points, ended June 22, 50 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Poet
Inside we deaL WITH AN EQUATION. iS LIFE SIMPLE? I hid often
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thanks for getting this one out there. Many feel like you do.
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title 4/5
relation to prompt 8/8
spelling\grammar 5/5
personal oppinion 12/20
rythmn 8/12
imagery 15/20
emotion 8/10
Diction 9/10
Originality 10/10
It's not a style I usually read, but I like it and I like the way you incorporated pain into the write with imagery, and showed not tell. The leper part was creative.
I would like to see you in my next round, you have talent for sure.
Writingfree -
Heavens Sake!
Very Powerful Dark images with pain interlaced all throughout! Terrible the thought of wasted youth and days of sweet innocence lost in an institution such a this! Well written.
Best regards
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