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Poems - Underage Parenthood

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Underage Parenthood

by self-express

with every child bore from a child
a parent dies
physically
by the psyche cause
it’s apparent that most children don’t know how to raise a child
for they never had parents, only guardians…
and it’s sad to say I’m a victim of one of them

mommy conceived me with what I’d like to call daddy but sperm donor best suites him at sixteen
the age I’m at now
and mom thought, like I’m thinking now,
that love is the reason
why my yoni be screaming
every time he touch me
why my tongue always finds a way to find his
whenever he grabs my but cheeks
why I sleep at night thinking about how he touched me
in his back seat
but first base was all I gave

now I’m worried about the day when first base won’t be enough
when it’s time to either give it all up
or give up on this being love
and every minute I get a tweet from my best friend who keeps telling the world how good she just had it with her boyfriend
i realize that day is approaching faster than I can read this to you…

"I don’t understand" would be my catch phrase when they turn my life
into a reality show
Sixteen and pregnant…
you can count on it…
what with this teen pregnancy epidemic of what’s hot!

see I know girls who thinks that a baby is like a doll
you play with it,
dress it up,
take it around,
show it off to everyone squealing…
“oh he has the cutest dimple…”

but they fail to realize the late night breast feedings,
the is he going to come out all right,
my yoni will NEVER return to the same size,
I’ll have to get a job and worry about bills
support him…
I can’t just put him on mute or put him back in the box when I get tired of
playing with him…
No they fail to realize that he will grow
he eats
sleeps
shits
eats
sleep
shits
cry cry
crave attention
eat
sleep
shit and maybe sleep again…
if they get a lucky one…plus this is only day one.

so is second base still sounding all that good...
is third base too far...maybe. but for now I'm just looking for fun...
maybe we could stay in the car...





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Re: Underage Parenthood (Score: 1 )
by Liner on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 (04:49:30)
It’s so raw that I know the subject matter but really have no understanding of it, living every day of my life a million miles away from everything you say, but it is very powerful all the same and very reflective for those who moan of a pimple on their face, guess that’s all by degrees! Regardless, a great poem and one which will find a ready audience in many of our schools. Nice to say hello. Liner

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Re: Underage Parenthood (Score: 1 )
by artisticvirtuoso on Friday, January 07, 2011 (16:20:12)
A great poem is a great poem hands down! I will be 24 years young in less than 10 days and I am certain my mother had these same thoughts maybe 25 years ago. She had me at 15 and I am certain that her thoughts of my dad were within the lines of teen-aged love story, but it ended up the theme of many young peoples lives today. I have never been a parent before but I know what it is lie to take care of a child simply because I can look back on my life and see how difficult it would have been for me if I would have been in those same shoes. This is a very personal subject for me because I am that little boy you wrote about. So it is important to think about the lives you will be affecting when you make certain decisions.

Sorry about it being so wordy, but I am a writer and I have lived a piece of what you wrote as well. All in all great write, and continue living with an openness regarding your future. There is a great writer in you and others lives will be positively effected by your words.

Much love and continual blessings,

ArtisticVirtuoso

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Re: Underage Parenthood (Score: 1 )
by rose.storrs on Sunday, March 24, 2013 (12:48:11)
This is one of the best poems ive read all day. Great job. Its real.

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