21. A Lost Promise
I am not the way I used to be.
I am stronger and wiser, as you can see.
Remember my words, my father said,
As he cradled me up and laid me to bed.
I am not the way I used to be.
I am stronger and wiser, as you can see.
Remember my words, my father said,
As he cradled me up and laid me to bed.
Hey, the same thing happened to me. I thought I was the only one. The man I grew up with wasn't my real dad, but I always thought he was. My mom wasn't even the one to tell me that he wasn't;...
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Tell me how to love someone
who doesn't love me back.
Tell me how to respect someone
Dad, you were never home and I rarely ever saw you. When you were, you would only come to pass through. Your stench of alcohol was so strong. When you'd drink, we'd never get along. In your...
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Why are you doing this, ruining your life?
The only thing you've accomplished is causing stress and strife
We're all trying to help you with this hard and trying time
But you think we're crazy, it's all in your mind
Wow! Talk about hitting the nail on the head! I am a mom who has relapsed a couple times over the last 6 months. It was pretty bad. I have kids, ages 16, 20, and 22. They have literally been...
Standing in self-hatred,
drowning in my tears.
Looking back on my life,
what I've been through the past 18 years.
This poem deeply touched me, because I can completely relate to it. I have always lived in my brother's shadow, and most times, I wonder if my mom ever even cares or listens to me. This poem,...
You left me when I was young,
Left me with my falling tears.
I felt like I was no one
For so many long painful years.
This poem reminds me of my dad and what I still feel even now when I live with him. Never stop writing!
Is your family still together, just like way back when?
Do you stick by each other through thick and thin?
Or do you hardly know the one that you call brother?
Such a beautiful poem. I know that I have parents that argue and fight all the time, but they are still together. I understand that it must be very hard for you to live with your parents like...
Like the sea and the sky,
We reflect each other, you and I.
Past the moon and the stars,
This relates to me so much.
You say you love me, you say you care
And yet, you're never there.
I remember you yelling, screaming, abusing
So many tears shed in the dark of night,
hidden away in our private thoughts
only to be shelved with morning's first light.
Because of no courage to speak of the pain,
I was touched by this amazing poem and I can relate to every single word. Just like me, I've been through all of these sad things.
Welcome to my broken home,
There's nobody here, I'm all alone.
The walls they scream of things once said,
Can't seem to put into words how you blessed my mind with your poems. They have helped me come out of my shell. Thankful you are comfortable putting this out there for the world to see....
Dear Mom,
Have you forgotten?
Sitting, waiting, hoping
I don't like it when people fight.
My mom and dad do every night.
I lie in bed and pretend to be asleep.
My mom looks in; I don't make a peep.
I can't sleep. I can't eat, I can't even place a smile on my face. A mom and dad nowhere to be found. Why come? You don’t want me. I’m always pushing away the good and bringing closer the...
You are blind.
You can never see
All the anger built up in me.
I hated life,
I can totally relate. My whole life I thought my parents were in love and that we were a happy family, minus some flaws. But last year, I found out the truth. My parents have been married for...
You walked out on us
And never said goodbye
In fifteen years you haven't called
Not even to say hi
This is a poem that made me revisit the pain and suffering I saw my friend go through when her mother and father decided to separate. I could see him slipping into silence and depression....
When I was a young girl,
My mother gave me
A red pair of shoes.
They'd been hers, her mother's
Forget how to care.
Forget how to trust.
Forget how to love.
For my sanity, I must.
I've been struggling with being an addict since I was 11 years but once I turned 18 everything changed. I was raped and after that I just felt like giving up. So I turned to heroin...
I've got scars
that you can't see
scars that have been haunting me.
They are buried deep inside of my heart,
Your poem brought tears to my eyes, I know exactly how you feel. My father left when I was 17, I'm now 36 and haven't spoken to him since he left. I know all about the scars and they never...
To have your last name
makes me ill.
You make me so angry
I want to kill!
I'm so glad I was able to find my poem again after so long. Thank you for everyone's kind words. In 2012, my maternal older brother paid for my father’s bus ticket to spend a week where I...
Why do you keep going on like everything's okay?
Treating me the way you do like it's a normal day.
I am confused about who you are and who I am to you,
I'm scared that you will never know who I have grown into.
When I read this poem, i'ts like it was describing my life. My sister is just like that, everything she does, the poem has said it all. Indeed I've liked this poem
what happened to the person
the one I used to know
the one who never let me down
and never told me no
Wow ..it's like story of my life..
My mom has a bf and now she doesn't even want to spend any time with us. She recently kicked me out of her house because she thought I was high..she drug...