|
Teen Pregnancy Poem
© Trula Breckenridge
Aug 11, 2001
Part I
Body raging
heat flushed with hormones
nothing to do after school
since I quit track
and band
After school the house is empty
I am lonely
parents working
When they are there
they don't notice me anyway
They are missing in action
as Mom and Dad Part II Smiling at me
yelling hey! girl
you walk past rows of girls
to get to me
to get at me
I feel noticed
I feel special
it makes no difference that
I don't know you
I already feel
in love
Blissfully ignorant we are together
you tell me you love me
when I get pregnant
you say it's ok, we'll be
2gether 4ever
anyway
Let's have this baby
I try to remember you said that
I try to hold on to the one time
you wanted to be a father
When you don't care
if your baby eats
through the red haze of anger
that clouds my eyes
I try to recall how your face
looked at that moment
You become
missing in action as Dad
Part III I have my baby, now a child
I am not alone, but lonely for
the companionship of people my age
Sometimes I work
sometimes I can't
when people sneer
at me and my baby
I hold my head up high
and try not to cry
I read my baby, now a child, books
and sing gentle songs
I feed wholesome food
we do lots of activities
although I am young,
I give lots of attention
more so than I was given by
old married educated
parents
I scold, I hug, I show, I love
I am a Mom
I am not missing in action
Go To Page:
1
The copyright of the article Teen Pregnancy Poem in Teenage Mothers is owned by Teresa Brouwer. Permission to republish Teen Pregnancy Poem in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
I REALLY INJOYED THIS POEM COUSE IT IS SO TRUE. MY PARENTS DON'T ACT LIKE THEY CARE WHEN THEY WERE AT HOME WITH ME. NOW MY DAUGHTER IS BORN AND HER FATHER IS MISSING IN ACTION. HE KNEW I WAS CARRING H ...
|
For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to
Trula Breckenridge's
Teenage Mothers topic, please visit the Discussions page.
|
