"Your mom and I have something to tell you"
I will never forget that line
given by my father....
no more than six years ago.
I will never forget that line
that started a conversation
that began the hardest years of my life.
The line that made childhood
a never-ending roller coaster...
made childhood difficult
for my brother and I, and changed
life as we knew it.
I've been living a lie this whole time,
putting on a brave face when I felt like breaking down.
I feel like an object,
being mercilessly shared by two enemies.
Being tossed from house to house every few days.
Adding just one more difficulty to adolescence.
My friends always say I'm bubbly, happy, energetic and fun,
but deep down inside I've been holding the pain.
Divorce may not seem that bad to most,
but when I watch those home movies and reminisce
when "who's house are we going to sleep at tonight?"
meant our barbie dream houses,
I can't help but tear up in sadness.
I may look brave....
But look deeper.
Author notes
It's not really in any poetic form, but it just spilled out onto the page like this
My secret is that I still cry over my parents' divorce, even though I was eight years old at the time and it was six years ago. I still have a vivid image in my mind of my parents together, and it seems like just yesterday that they were. I think that's why I get so emotional about it.
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my parents decided they wanted a divorce six months ago, and i still cry when i think about it. i can really relate to this poem and i know how hard it must have been for you to write. thank you for sharing. you are so strong.
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real.
very good write & read. very emotional.
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wow i lived through a fairly nasty divorce and this was wonderful at explaing how I felt. just wow. i am so sorry you also experianced that one damn line that will change u forever.
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I loved it! And many people can relate to this which makes it even better. My parents are divorced and I still cry every once in a while and sometimes I take it out on my stepdad which I later regret but divorce is a really hard thing =/ The emotion in this poem was absolutely brilliant and I felt like I could feel your sorrow along with mine. Amazing poem even if it isnt in any form. The title and first line make the poem better too great job! Hope your hurt goes away. Im looking forward to reading more of your poems. Keep up the good work = )
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Hey don't you worry about the fact its not in any form. It's a beautiful piece, and I'll tell you a secret I was eight yrs when mine got divorced and I too cry sometimes. But my dad doesn't see us ever so now I'm used to it. So the pain and hurt is no longer. I am strong because I have a great family and awesome friends.. Lovely piece ever need to talk message me. Thanks for enterin
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Great poem
I really enjoyed this poem. While my parents never got a divorce, I've seen a lot of people go through this, and the way you used words to describe the emotions seem very appropriate. -
wow. dont be sad i have went through this bout 3 or 4 years ago. I liked this poem though its sad but shows lot of emtion you have dealing with this. Great write though. Good luck in the contest. I wish i had enough courage tto even put a poem bout my parents divorce but i do it in a different way like make it out to be someone else lol great write
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my parents divorced when i was eight.
that was eight years ago for me and i still think about it and re-live a certain sadness sometimes too.
i get this.
i get this so well.
you did an amazing job.
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