Children.

These are some of this things my mother has said to me over the past few months..

Have I been sent to hell?

I miss the innocents of your life

I had dreams, I had plans

All that has been torn from me

When did you grow up?

I remember this little child

She had not a care in the world

And just look at her now

He stole the youth you had left

Now you're almost a woman

If I could, you know I would

I'd murder him and never regret it

I was happier before I knew this

I didn't know what I had

Now you're older and now you're gone

I just never wanted this for you..

Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

Your words convey such a sadness and pain... So sorry... When I was a teen, I said things I knew I shouldn't. Now as a parent, I still find myself saying things I shouldn't at times. (You'd think I would learn!) Hope things get better, and I hope we can all learn how to lift each other up a little better too. That's what we need. That's what you deserve!

[Staci Brown]

that's a lot for a parent to drop on their daughter at 15... i'm sure she's dealing with her own pains while you're dealing with yours, but damn...

your innocence... there's many levels and some of them are still intact in you girl... no one can take away what you refuse to give them...

keep believing in yourself :D

Faerie Blessings!

--faerie whisper (breaking the silence...)

[Annelise]

I may be wrong about the meaning of this, but I don't think I am. When I read this I see a mother who see's the pain her daughter is in. A mother who wants to kill the boy who broke her so violently. A mother who doesn't realize how much her wrods hurt, even though she just wants to protect you. She doesn't know how much it hurts for her to realize your stupidity. That is how my mother is with that one guy, but then again, I may be wrong. This is a very good poem. Extremely subtle. I do believe one would have to be in a similar situation to understand.

[John Stussy]

It seems nobody grows up at opportune times for the parents. Sometimes we just grow up wanting the freedom, other times, certain situations can kind of force us to grow up faster than we ought to. I know how it is, something happened to my family that made me have to step up myself and grow up in a matter of minutes, and if my parents were around to have seen it, they wouldn't have been happy. Despite innocence leaving though, despite the scars of aging that occur no matter what a person's physical age may be, always remember we still can be a kid sometimes, innocence is never gone forever. It's hidden in a laugh, the way our eyes come alive when we smile. Don't know what happened that stole your innocence, but don't let it stop you from being a kid at times.

[__Flaw__]

Well...it's a cycle...What goes around comes around. I just hope u are nice to ur mom or else your own children will stand up against you sometime soon ...... Ok...that was the most pathetic comment i could ever come up with...thanks to me.
Yes...so the poem is painful and a bit sad as it's a reminder that's been reminded again and again through different times in ones life. Perhaps it's not the actual events but the unforgetful and unforgiving behaviour that makes one's life a misery...and as such that...every beginning of something new will not bring about an excitment, but resentment...and perhaps regret and a bit of anxiety. Wheather one should give in or should stay away...well...that's where life really sucks... I hope one day ur mom just let the past...be the past. Burried away. :)))

[MorganLyn]

oh my... such hurt displayed in your words..
as teenagers we screw up BIG. it hurts us but it kills our parents too
we just gotta take life one step at a time and let God do what He's gotta do you know?
great expression of emotion!