Teen Pregnancies
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my mom gave birth to me
she could not take care of me
she was not mature enough
so she give me to my mama
so my mama was taking care of me
i was 10
when my mom came back
It's crazy how it is
YouR my Friend
And then The Next your gonE`
Our Love is Like a Circle of Energy
that connects us
its Like your right in front of me
And then your..😒 ..😯.
teens have past childhoods coming up to adulthood in between,
heart flying in different directions,
so much they have and haven't ssen,
trying to experience life for themself hopefully they don't get an infection
Abortion. I’m better than this.
Forgiveness.You know where to find me.
God.
Be still with me.
I’ve got my bad days too.
Diamond Bertha Glory sparked her way
With brilliance and shine she danced
Her steps leaving no one astray
Her mood was so full of luster
She paved a path of a following
Leaving not much in the way to muster
Dear Josiah
I'm sorry for what I did
I thought I only had one choice,
But it's my fault I didn't have a bigger voice.
The times were fast and no one was there
The first hint of laughter
The joyful glint in their eyes
Their first step and fall
The first tear that rolls down their soft new cheek
Will be lost without you
In this world,
Atlas is a pregnant teen girl
On a road trip.
She carries the roads with her
Like she does
With worlds
I just turned 19 on November 28
On December 18th I was a couple days late
My sister said “Get a test, it’s probably nothing”
But deep down I knew it was something
I took a test and said a quick prayer
I’m learning what it takes to be a mother
I’m selfish and I need to recover
With my words I don’t trip nor do I stutter
So why in my mind is it a clutter?
Ever since I was 8
I always worried about when I ate
Constantly witnessing my parents struggle to put food on my plate
He spots Her; She notices.
He's so fucking hot!
She's so damn fine!
They meet, they flirt, they hit it off.
The pups develop "feelings" for eachother.
They hook up, date and fuck.
Numb. I feel so numb. Everywhere I look, there are no emotions attached.
Cold. I feel so cold, even though I just got out of a hot shower. Blankets try to heat me, but nothing can.
can you hear the cries of the children never born
do their screams haunt you in your sleep
in your dreams, can you see their faces
do you see them the way we dreamed them to be
Standing there, Tall and fair
A girl with a future, unprepared
Growing again, making memories last
Standing out, actions scream and shout
A young girl full of doubt
I discovered
The insignificant seed
Within my garden
I felt the weight of the world
When the fruit wasn’t even ripe
The sun was my witness
And he was replaced
I gave it one, two, to three
seventeen years old with ambitious
but my clear vision began to not be so vivid
I listened to a boy that fed me lies
those words were soon my alibys
I forced myself to think he loved me
Tears stain your cheeks.
You come to school every day,
In a mess of mascara.
You’re hurt,
And I know who did it.
We pass in the hallways
You caused a supernova in my heart
Like you universe you are art,
Your eyes are brown like the earth
Yet you have more worth,
To me you are similar to a star
Like the ones I fell in love with from afar,
Today, I learned something
Something that meant totally nothing
It made me crazy for a moment
The man im seeing might just be my worst opponent
But something about him makes me happy
Tears of joy
Tears of sorrow
Tears of pain
Tears of relief
Tears of worry
Tears of triumph
All these are tears I once had shed
Dear child
I'm sorry
I was only 14
How was i suppose to know you were part of me.
You came from a night I didn't want to see.
You came from the worst part of me.
Drunk and alone
It was then when she realized God did this for a reason. God wanted her to bring this blessing into the world, Not because he wanted to make her life hard, But because he knew she could handle it. She is a strong woman and has been through a lot.
I think that I learned this in biology
Once upon a time
So, the substance uncouples through the medium
With different speeds and time
I've said farewell to many a kind
From Cats to Hamsters, I didn't mind.
Some past their time, to out of their prime, each one committed some sort of crime
Father in wartime, the rain would always chime
To My Mama, She’s My Real Black Superman
By Jasmine A. Tate
At 19 with 2 kids, Mama is stuck for a loop
Her girlfriend calls to give her the scoop
About my Dad’s fake truths
I made a mistake....
I made a very big mistake....
I didnt use protection
He said it was fine, he had it covered
Why? Can you tell me why?
My heart is crushed, sad, blue
My heart and arms are aching
To hold and be with you
*
I close my eyes and think of how
You brought such joy to me
Mistake, a bundle of joy, and an unplanned blessing were the thing
they called when they found out. But, in my mind I what
you were about.
I was only a teen when I found out I had a seed
It all happened at the tender age of fifteen,Scared to look up at that screen.Knowing there was a single little heart beat,Knowing soon that she will get kicked out to the street.Kneeling down to pray,
Tears stains on pillow
I shed them every night
Running through dark memories
When I should've block it with light.
I hear my baby crying,
She's not in the room.
Her cries are in my head...
I knew it when she touched your shoulder
And I
Walked into the public bathroom alone
And the distinct smell of
Urine and nail polish remover filled
Me with a sense of urgency to
Finish quickly
A young mind grows
For with age comes wisdom
A young heart blooms
For love brings passion
And now inside
There is a speck of life
Not so much grown
But enough to say you’re alive
She claims she’s Pentecostal but we know that she’s not
Cause Pentecostal girls don’t give up their twat
She only wears skirts in case she meets an actress
The skirt comes in handy cause it gives him easy access
I have these two friends...
In school, they both have goals and dream.
Both got pregnant at eighteen.
Sweet girls that fell victim to all of the lies-
Of “Love” they thought they had from other “Nice Guys.”
I woke up to your sea of emotions at week 5
I woke up to your cravings at week 6
I woke up to your rush of sickness at week 7
I woke up to you preasuring my bladder at week 18
I HAD A BALLOON
A BIG RED BALLOON
I GAVE IT TO HIM
HE HAD A BALLOON
A DEEP BLACK BALLOON
I TOOK IT FROM HIM
HE PLAYED WITH MY BALLOON
PINCHED IT
AND FINALLY IT BURSTED
l never begged to be here,
nature brought me and now am here.
I was happy though knew nothing,
My only cry was from pains waiting for five to be subtracted from fourteen.
Who l was gon be l never knew,
Dear Giorno
To my dearest baby boy,
The day I found out
that clears all my doubts.
That you existed in me
in the midst of winter.
My life fell apart
with my confusing heart.
Society wasn't ready for her light
Her dreams, ambitions, and goals would've been too great to handle
Everyone would've been proud of my baby girl
Dear Mommy to be,
You're young, you're beautiful but still a little dumb.
Blessed you are already, but your little blessing has yet to come.
I think about you everyday ,always wondering what if.
What if you was here with me
what would happen to our family
what would your personality be like.
Would you have his eyes or his smile
I knew it wasn’t just me
I knew something was not right
When I started this diary
and began to write
Hurtful things about myself
Depression and worry
I wanted to kill my self
I knew it wasn’t just me
I knew something was not right
When I started this diary
and began to write
Hurtful things about myself
Depression and worry
I wanted to kill my self
You have self control yet you dont use your gift
letting time pass me by with excuses for every action
i promise to love you in everyway i can and still i fall short
yet your still here
I write this for you,
My little flower.
I write this for us,
So you may know our story.
Did you know my little flower,
I write this for you,
My little flower.
I write this for us,
So you may know our story.
Did you know my little flower,
Tedrick.
Theodore.
Tommy.
The three names your mother and I
Narrowed down.
See the world might not have known of your existence
But to your mother and I
Birth, it happens everyday
Just like a blessing happens everyday
Blessings, can be a mircle
even like the ones you see in movies
The child in your womb prays
it's like you can hear what their saying
when you want to stay with someone forever
wait there is no forever
not when someone breaks your heart
it's the worst feeling
isn't it?
when you think you have someone for life
and that
Freedom they said,
born into fredom.
Free ideas that race like wild stallons,
skipping across an empty night,
waiting for them to fill it.
Through the trees ripen with sumptuous fruit,
Why can't we help the ones we love? We reach out and lend them a hand, anything that we can do to support them. But sometimes it feels like we can't do anything. My faith is little, but my moral judgement knows what's best. I know what's best.
You made me worry
Forced decisions to make
He said he wouldn't leave you
But he's not around now...
I would have loved you by myself
Or give you a different life
Dear Aiko
My baby girl
I remember first finding out about you,
I was crying in my bathroom with a positive pregnancy test so scared about what to do.
Your daddy was out of the state too,
I sat out of Rite -Aid and cried my eyeballs out .
I never wanted this.
I never wanted you to put one finger on me
let alone , this.
I told you I wasn't ready
for an intimate relationship
It's crazy to think…
I'll love you ‘til the last breath in me
And yet I hate that I love you so.
I’ll ride or die ‘til the end of night,
Patient
Kind
You never stop pursuing
You do not wear out of forgiveness
You do not keep count of wrong
Pure and equal
This is for my baby, that I haven't met yet.
At first I was scared and didn't even want to believe it.
The test said positive.
I took 3 more to be “sure”.. But I still wasn't.
“It's budding"
“Are you kidding?”
“No. You are the father”
“Why even bother?”
“I won't say your name”
“Abortion. Pills. Anything that kills”
Anything that kills…
Oh my gosh,
I swear if I see another,
I am going to flip.
There goes another.
I sure did flip.
Now my head is going all bonkers.
Girl after girl after girl,
What does the word love mean to me
It's the thought of being free
It lets your heart open to the air
Why must I know where
To find what I most desire
My heart is so close to catching on fire
I'm your perfect mistake,
the product of an immature male teen, not ready to grow up.
And a young woman, ready to grow up too fast.
I'm your perfect mistake,
as the faint thumping of a beating heart enters the room
she
begins
to cry
her
heart
is in no place to undergo stress
What?
No
This can't be happening to me
It was just one time
I only allowed It to happen one time
It was one time
Just one time
I swear
It was only one time
once upon a time...
when the moon hung high
the clock struck twelve, and the young prince fell.
His thoughts were hazed, she was one to amaze.
Her feet glided around, never really touching the ground.
she was 16
she wanted high education
she wanted to hear "we are proud of you"
she kept up the good work
2 years left in high school
one party and one bad choice
the once upon a time
She is only a teenager in a world all alone, Some dude knocked her up and now long gone, After the fact, he knew she was carrying a kid, He hesitated once he found out it was his jit.
She bleeds and bleeds the deeper the cut,
She feels the pain down deep in her gut.
There is nothing left to do now,
She bends over to take her final bow.
Oh god above if you ever did exisit,
One drink was all; in the beginning. Free, from a man across the bar.
One kiss was all; in the beginning. Turning into an awkward morning at his place.
I passed a test,
but it wasn't a test I would want to pass.
What do I do?
Tell someone my mind is saying,
but another part of me says keep it to myself.
I just want to cry,
but that won't make it better.
At first friendship was tested with a mutual friend named Jax
As he was getting close to be welcomed, out of nowhere was an ax
First, nothing was said when we heard the news
Growing up young
oblivious, gullible, innocent.
Succeptible to anything.
I had thought I found love.
It seemed like a miracle,
Like it was sent from above.
Only to find out,
he who I loved
In a loveless patch the seed was sown
A barren field of thorn
Then tears rained down from Heaven's face
Where heavy hearts have scorn
Never could I have imagined,the love and contentment.
As I hold my hope in my arms,As I look into the eyes made for my hope itself.Her skin is soft, her hair is wispy and her eyes look for me.
With her beautiful, big, brown eyes
and little button nose.
With her cute little hands
and small little toes.
When everything goes wrong,
when I feel sad.
When the days are long,
MINE! So territorial about MY bundle of joy that YOU gave ME on accident. YOU wasn't man enough to reap what we have pleasurably but mistakenly sewn. I had to work before I had MY son.
Let me start by saying, "I'm sorry."
I didn't hold up my end of the deal.
For real, it should've been more than a temporary seal
or a one-sided deal.
I can only imagine the pain that you feel.
Will you look like me?
Will you love me?
Will your first word be mama?
How will you know I love you?
Will you be proud of mommy?
Will you cry all night?
Will you look past my flaws?
For the development of a nation,
peace is most important,
and is needed before development can happen.
children are a vibrant set of people in the population
of a country, and if their talent is properly directed,
I loved you even though I didn't know you
I held you even though you were never in my arms
You were with me even though I didn't know it
Here she comes,
With her bouncing curls,
Unaware that she's my world
She lays down
With her head in my lap.
Yawning from her too short a nap.
Just thirty more minutes!!
One night changed my life forever.
I dont know for the worse or the better.
Nobody knows what i have to endure.
I sometimes dont know quite for sure.
This generation Did you know that 17 million teens become pregnant each year?, or that 2.5 million teens die EVERY YEAR because of alcohol?Makes you think doesn't it?
When I got the new's of you being born
I felt a sharp pain in my chest like my hearts being torn
I can't decide if I am happy or sad
And I am considering if you should even call me dad
As the wind blows through my hair
I sit and stare
without a care.
I look at you and have no worries.
It's just us and all the blurries.
How could we be in such hurries
just wanting to share the touch.
She was moving, tossing, and turning as the hours go past all through the night "CLICK" bathroom light. Rush, she gets on her knees what's this pain i'm feeling she begs god please something i cant deal with.
All I need is to see her perfect little face,
to escape from the dangers of the human race.
All I need is for her heart to keep beating fine,
to make me feel like I have hit a goldmine.
I never got to hold you but I will always remember
The beautiful moments we had spent together
One day we will see each other
Up in heaven where you stay
Where we could be together all day
For you I need to be heard
For you I must a round
I cant my life because I'll let you down
I may seem restless right now
but be sure my baby, mommy will always be around
When you told me it was just a kiss I believed you
When you told me you'd be gentle I believed you,
but my sister's life told me different
The pain in her eyes told me that what I was going through,
9 months ago you fought for your life
9 months ago you cried your eyes out
9 months ago you screamed for help
9 months ago I started my journey
8 months ago you hid from the world
There, there young one
there shall be no rue
for I too
make mistakes as the clock ticks
little did she know mistakes come with beautiful blessings
he may ponder and leave
One.
The amount of parents the baby will have.
Alone. Singular. Individual. Mother.
Two.
The amount of times I have seen my dad cry.
Three.
The amount of times I have seen my dad cry after tonight.
There's day I can barely breathe living up to these things...I can't just let this go, the need is just so strong Trying and trying to let go but it seems so wrongTo live up to these things.It's complicated.
little man are you there
little man can you hear me cry
little man can you hear my cold heart beating
little man
little man can you feel the tears stinging my face
All I ask, is for you to bow your head
Actually, pay attention and listen to the words that’s about to be said
I know I barely put my hands together and get on my knees
Your aspirations hang onto me like wishes
Swelling the stalks of dandelions
They are carrying themselves on the hope
That silver frosted florets can make it to life
You offered up your dreams
Fear. Embarrasement. Being Judged.The feeling of walking through the halls of my high school after the world finding out I was pregnant. A feeling I never want to experience again.
I Am a sister
I Am a Daughter
I Am a victim
I Am a mother
I Am a first time college student
I Am not who i was
I Am a better person then I was
I Am ME
Theres a lot of ways I could describe who I am
But when other see me its a whole nother thing
Is it becasue the shade of my skin is darker than yours
Is it because I cant afford what you have
I am the physical being of regret,From the day I was created,I was nothing more than a debt.A father which I hate to call related.
The life of a teen mom ,
so easy to keep out of doing wrong ,
At least you would think cause
Now its not you being on the streets or not going to school because its no longer about you
Her,
How her smile is so bright
her heart so mellow
arms keep me warm at night
sunny like the sun thats yellow
the way her hair sways
as she walks in the room
ill be with her always
I am the product- an ultimate mistake.
I am the screw up- should've dumped me on someone else; now, it's too late.
I am the statistic- only I defy the odds.
I am the dropout- I should've followed god.
I just dont UNDERSTAND
13,14,15
Worried about boyfriends and girlfriends as if its a cool thing
13,14,15
All i wanted was my mom to let me hang out with friends But today everything is different
being pregnant as a teen is not right
teen girls need to be in school being bright
why not wait til you get married
because YOU have to deal with that baby you carried
I keep telling myself that it's all going to be okay,
I keep saying it's going to get better with each day.
But its all a lie.
How can I move on when I caused you to die?
Oh, Baby
Shining light
Dazzling smile
Shimmering eyes
All sounds too cliché.
What is there to say?
Such joy
Unknown bliss
Unexpected peace
eyes filled with tears , she checked again and again
dread burned in her stomach
she sat on the cold tile floor of the bathroom
clutching the test
she found the courage to tell him
Baby girl,
I know this whole thing must be hard for you
A new life is now living and growing inside of you
I thought I was Grown
messing around ,being involved with boys that I
had no reason to be around,
coming home late smoking weed ,and having unprotected sex
having no type of thinking of using latex
Movements in my stomac,vomit , headaces so the first thing i do is get on my knees
Put my hands together in pray to the sky, Asking god please
He is really cute...
He says I'm cute, too...
I know he's hers, but I just want to be together.
His unfaithfulness to her isn't a good sign,
But maybe I should go for it...she's so blind.
Grant me the moment, the lovely moment
That I may lean forth to see
The other buds, the other blooms,
The other leaves on the tree.
You were safe in my tummy
So warm and loved
Mommy sang to you
Mommy held you
The doctors said you were gonna be
A BIG baby
I was so proud of my little girl
Then mommy was hurting
Is one's true love ever found?
Like the fact that everyone knows that the earth is round
Haha, very funny you might think
But if you think that's funny, your attitude must be real stink
Who am I?
I don't know.
What am I?
I don't know.
How old am I?
I don't know.
When will I die?
I know,
I will die today,
For my mother is giving me away.
you were just 17 when you had me
my daddy was always there never wanting to flee
throught the year as i grew up
you were over there parting i up
i longed for a mother who was never there
Dress codes can crush dreams,
I saw it the first day of school when my friend walked in obviously pregnant.
She wants to hold her daughter as she walks across the stage,
Tisha was only 13 addicted to being abusedLife was a joke slicker to be amusedShe didn’t know it was the liquor he abusedJust think that’s the reason he can hit you and be amused
The door slams and the shouting starts
The fight moves like ghosts in the dark
She throws her hand not knowing his is stronger
He grasps her throat not knowing the mark he will leave
I am a Fertile Woman
No
I am Free
Smart
Small and big
A giant in the mind
A penny in person
I am an athlete of the brains race
Mothers raising mothers
Generations inside each other
Like nesting dolls
There’s no more substance to it all
I wake up, and rub the tiredness off my eyes;
pack my stuff for school while comforting my daughters cries;
I take each day as a giving gift;
Even though I lost so much my happiness won't shift;
I met a boy who turned my world upside down, the next thing i knew life came crashing down. He said he'd stay and that he loved me, i ended up alone carrying his baby.
He wants to love but can not love
He walks the streets like the boy society thinks he is
Pain is deep it can not come out, Pain is deep it must stay in
He must not hurt a soul again
I wanted it
but yet i didn't
i told you we needed to use one
but you said it'd be fine
when you found out
you left
you wouldn't come back
wouldn't send money
i got a court order
Teen Pregnancy
A mistake they say
A miracle to me
His smile lights the room
His laugh lights my heart
Young and dumb
And reckless
Fake love
Resulting in true love
And
I know your tired of raising your children by yourself your baby need some pampers but dad brings a can of milk.. but YOU GET WIC... I know your tired of raising your children by yourself... But push on woman push on your strong...
They all stared and laughed as I entered school that day
Teen mom they said with a chuckle and a grin
Ha your life will suck, they repeated again and again
But I ignored the words that brought the pain
A new year, a new day.
A different hour, a different moment.
Each day, I still wake up to beautiful little people that make me smile.
Being able to inspire and teach them what life is about,
I could say,
"Mama, Mama, Mama, come help me"
but you are so busy living out a Colorado fantasy
I question if i am making the right decisions..
When i look into those tearfulled eyes
My child
I have walkd thro hell with you still growing in my womb..
but why is it now
Twenty-two respecful woman
Grew up fast
Got married at 20
Had a baby at 21
Dont get me wrong
I am madly in love with my husband
And I would die for my baby girl
I am a free spirited individual
Lonely is not a word that I like to hear,
it echos in the vast silences that are filled by lies,
Lonely is a storm shadow cast over an empty jungle gym,
This hopeless embryo
Resting in my womb
breathing inside of me
kicking as if to say
"hello im still here"
hearing the sounds of
I feel alone, in the most populated places in the world
I feel sad that im misunderstood
I didnt know how bad it was to be livin in the hood.
School motivates me to succeed
It will be hard and there will be doubt but you don’t give up.
You are weak to the words of the wise around you and second-guess yourself.
The girl with the corn flower hair called to me on the summer wind
And begged me for a favor
Tell no one where I have been this eve and whom these hands have held
And in return I promise you a reward most vied to savor.
She's conceled behind the curtain, listening to the footsteps of her prey.
In her mind she wonders just how long she'll be around to play.
I have a weakness for boys, but what female doesn’t?
Want a guy to make me the spotlight, like Jennifer Hudson
You wanted the best for me,
You wanted me to grow up in sable home,
You wanted me to have mature and loving parents,
You wanted me to have a future,
You wanted me to have a chance of living a normal life,
A baby is a baby no matter what your age,
No matter your experience, you're prepared all the same.
To love another being is a miracle all it's own.
Teen, adult or elder. We all are capable.
You
What a word the word you
Break it down itno "Y" "O" "U"
It asks a quetin, "why owe you?"
These three simple letters have a whole different meaning than the word they compose
You
im being asked what makes me tick?
being a single mom of one
a college student
a part worker
being an intern at 25?
no none of those things makes me tick
it makes me grow
Why do you say I am not alive
I want to live and get a chancet to thrive
I depend on you so you can do what you want with me
but because I'm small is no reason to kill me
My heart is beating just like yours
Mama, there's something in my mind,
something dark, something unwanted
It writhes in the middle of the night
when I'm alone and you're asleep,
It kicks. I can feel it kick.
and I don't want it
I feel it moving inside of me
My mistake, my blessing, my baby
I wonder if it knows how I feel
If it can feel all of my fear
I should have known better they say
It was all my fault they say
Believe me when I say that mothers know best,
now I'm homeless and pregnant with very little rest.
She yelled "Stay in school. He's nothing but trouble",
but I was inside my love-filled bubble.
Pregnant as a teen
Mother at twenty
Its hard, so not easy,
Lost sleep, no naps,
Tears, screams, and whins
Being a young mother is very hard
But I will always love being a mom
Mississippi.
Stems from cherries drop by thousands.
Young mothers filling our streets.
Not much with words
but I can give it a try
I want to express my love
but words go far and by
We are on the same page
on the same line looking at the same word
I pour my heart out to you
I show you every intricate detail of my feelings.
I spare not a single experience.
You see me with a tear in my eye, and you ask me
Why does she get to you so bad?
If someone moves in darkness
With no one there to see
Are they there at all?
Alone in naked starkness
Content as could be
Are they there at all?
A sudden pain disrupts
SHE ONCE WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE COULD BE. HER BODY SMELLED AS SWEET AS A ROSE SPRINKLED WITH MIST FROM THE SEA. SHE WAS FAST BUT WELL PUT TOGETHER, SUNSHINE EVEN IN THE STORMIEST WEATHER.
Pregnancy is beautiful
such a wonderful thing
but what if you're a teen?
and you can't have it?
scared and alone
with nowhere to go
should I abort? Should I run?
what do I do?
Baby Girl!!
What are you doing?!!
Do you care about your life?
Being a mother isn't easy
Being a single mother is harder
Being a single, young mother is damn near impossible.
Dear Absent Fathers
I waited for you in the windowsill
Elbows bruised purple from holding my hopes up but you never pulled into the driveway to save me
and
Shattered dreams and broken hearts .. torn up papers and lovers lost hoped for happiness... settled for hell keeping love locked up in a heart like shell.
I was a mistake
They didn't mean for me to be here
They had tried to use protection
They had tried to take care
But Daddy screwed up and it was broken
And Mommy's test was pink
I despise the way you make me feel like a nasty hangover, I'm hungover on you. You who touched me so soft and sent chills up my spine, I thought you'll always be mind.
When you look at me Jay
My world stops completely
You make me feel special
Especially when you tell me that you need me
as i feel you leave my body i begin to cry. the pain is unbearable knowing you are rotting in me. as my stomach contracts i weep, i dont want you to die. i want you here with me.
After nine long, strenuous months their eyes finally meet.
She can’t resist but to cradle her in her arms.
As I sit with a new baby in my hands
I look around and ask myself where is he
I already know the answer
And he's never coming back
I left eveything for him
My family, highchool, and college
I made a mistake but that mistake wasnt my giftmy gift just was a little sip of what life didnt predictmy gift was birth but my struggle was hurt and shame
16 years old on the street
Has a baby girl
From being a freak in the sheets
Wasn't unprotected
But, the condom broke
2 weeks later it was positive
So she told her folk
Her mom was disappointed
I am a teacher, a nurse, I am a caregiver, I am who I am. I am a singer but not a dancer, I am a driver, a maid, I am a conselor and a cook. I am a correctional officer, I am a fixer, I am a provider. I am who I am.
We didn't think it would happen to us,
We thought we had it all under control,
yet we knew it was a possibilty...
Oh! how dumb and naive were we,
We didn't think,
We were stuck in that moment and
Struggle is only a word dedicated to me. No person believed I had a wonderful future in store for me. i struggled with a job a baby two school years in one; but I managed to succeed. I inhale my breathe as I look past the stess.
Love.
Conception.
Birth.
Home.
Parents.
Care.
Argument.
Divorce.
Split.
Visit.
Homes.
School.
Bullying.
Depression.
Fear.
Frightened.
I sit down,
New baby in my hands.
I look around our rundown apartment;
“Where is he?”
I whisper to the sleeping bundle in my arms.
I already know the answer,
He left;
Never coming home.
This life comes with so many demands..but it seem as if you lost your understanding of being a man..but how can you be that which you have never had in your life..a man that can show or tell you the difference betwe
It was just a boy who made a mistake, and a girl who let him
There's not a thing wrong with it, and you try to call it sin?
The fact that he's underage makes him less of a father?
I am
a hardworker, holding jobs, getting good grades, reading to stay educated.
I help friends and neighbors when I can, I am a shoulder to lean on,
a tissue to wipe away tears on.
I am
Just know that everything will be alright
because I am gathering nutrients;
Like your intelligence, I will be bright
Like star lullabies of insouciance.
she loves him he loves her and was ready for the next level
one kiss on the cheek and holding hands
yet this wasnt enough for the love they shared
the next level was the way to go
18 years young. I had a son with his mother. I say I had him because I've said before today: he is the child of my mind. Like an experiment. The condom broke you you see. But I take full responsibility. It is real facts. So cut the jokes.
Blinngg!! blinnnggg!!!
My alarm pulls me out of my dream and exposes me to a cold shower.
I prepare breakfast then, check my schedule for the day while packing two lunches.
Meanwhile, my boss is snoring in bed.
The baby can't scream
His lungs are too small
But with my help
He could grow to be strong and tall
I'll love the look every day
From those babies eyes
All it takes is one job
She told me last night
A whisper on the porch
Her face was a smile,
Masking her tears.
I wanted to scream
I wanted to hold her tight
And tell her it would be ok.
I wanted to throw something
It took me by surprise
I swear i didnt mean for it to happen
But that few seconds of fun turned into
my life time of happiness.
Not at 18 did i want to be a mother
but i swear i feel in love.
I never knew a job can change my life. Being able to make a difference in a persons life. I had a job of my own which was to be successful in life.
MTV never gave her 15 minutes of fame.
No million dollars for her.
No house.
No Car.
Paparazzi didn't follow her around with cameras.
I always knew.
I could tell by the stares.
I always knew.
I could tell by the laughter.
I always pretended not to know. Naive I guess.
But somehow I always knew.
Killer, the killers of innocent lives...
Mothers that don't want to be
Mothers'. Decisions to kill
A life not wanted to be
Still a mother nonetheless...
Mother of a hopeful baby...
You hear the words and you smell the cologne
It draws you deep because you don't want to be alone.
His words are like the calm wind in the spring
He just wants sex; Your heart doesn't mean a thing.
Half naked pictures, 200 likes
Taking selfies with your son
Statuses speaking of you "getting fucked up for the night"
And your life has only just begun
You're a slut in everyone's eyes
Her hands are shaking, soaking with sweat
This cannot be happening, she thought
I know he doesn't even love me
Two minutes were up
She could hardly bare to look at it
positive.
The innocence of our generation is gone, long gone,
It has disappeared, nowhere to be found,
Society and its children has become corrupted,
Corrupted with sex, drugs, and STDS,
Little blessing
Blessing little blessing from God above
Blessing little blessings to nurture and love
God Almighty Creator of all
"I've never done this before can we just take it slow?"
"Yeah don't worry girl i'll be gentle."
"Wait.. you have a condom right?"
"Nah but it's ok I'll be sure to pull out...."
Seeing you
In my dreams you are sown.
Features like him
Yet details are still dim
Blue will be everywhere
Anything you need we will give you
Along with unlimited love and care
Fighting the urge
Is it pleasing, I have wondered
To make schemes of going under
Noses, chins, and suspicion of
The ones we claim to trust and love.
Your tiny fists rolled before your release.
Don't loose that grip.
You're born sucking.
Relying on my tit.
I nourish you.
Your tiny body listening to my heart.
I was young and scared
Alone and afraid
Lost and shy
Until I met this guy he flattered me and told me I was pretty
I wasn't ready, he wasn't raping me etheir
Her palms are wet
Pulse pounding in her throat.
All that runs through her head is the decision she has met
And it is apparent the steady bump is much more than a simple bloat.
Seventeen with the world at her feet
I have just one question... Why Why must you killer her or him Why must you harm something so precious... rather it was your chose or not they nothing to do with you... They was sent her to be an angel to someone which may not be you...
Love or lust the line wears thin
It slinks and curves its way beyond its medium
Freedom! yells those tied by this thick bramble of vine like string
Til lust and love becomes one
I don't have kids
But I have some friends who do,
Always looked at as just another teenage mom,
Can never excel in life because they have a child,
Before having dreams... Now living to that statistic
eyes wide.
suprised.
wishing, hoping its all a lie.
scared.
shook.
dont know what to say.
just thinking what my parents would say.
disappointment and shame.
I love you, but you'd never understand
I promise I never meant to hurt you, I just wasn't ready
I love you, but you'd never undersand
I didn't think I would do it the right way, so I did what I thought was best
This is for the young mothers out there who struggles,
Those mothers who do the most to make ends meet.
Mothers who push themselves to go to work and school, not only to make better lives for themselves,
Who protects the sinners
And shields them from nasty scorn
Though they did not commit an atrocity
Some view it just that way
Some others seem to glamorize it
With money and TV glam
Thump. Thump. Thump.
Eight days, only eight,
Your heart beats already.
A mistake, she calls you
But mistakes can be miracles.
Will she adore you, or abandon you?
She crys at night to see his face.
As every memory appears a tear falls.
Her world is a dark bleak hole,
Look at me!
Can't you see the roundness of my belly?
The widening of my hips?
The puffiness of my face and the swelling of my feet?
But yet, I know that you can't see
We made the discussion to bring something so special so precious into this world I didn't do it alone but now I seem so invisible to you you walk right thru me with no feeling or sight its like we was for only one night I wish things will get bet
Sitting in my bathroom, i read a positive pregnancy test. 17 years old is all I am with a future ahead of me. Part of me is sad and disappointed in myself because of the hurt this will bring to my parents hearts. Evidently so was joy.
Would you do it?
Kill a friend?
If you killed a child,
Would it end?
An elderly man
Wheelchair bound,
Would you knock him
To the ground?
What of a dog
Battered and beaten?
I was ten years old,
tender by age but not slow.
I could start to notice your imperfections,
but somewhere along the road you showed me what it was like to be a man.
You twisted the flaxen grass
around your finger and
gave it your most radiant grin,
And from it came
with roots and shoot,
Pain rips through my body,
I scream,
But no one can help me.
I did this,
Life as I knew it was over.
As the last contraction tightened,
I pushed with all my might.
My new life was starting,
Goodbye my child --Who isn't a child--
the laughs we'll never have.
Your tiny hands I'll never hold,
your dreams I'll never pave.
I never asked this burden to bear,
I thought I never tried.
never let someone tell u who u need to be, always do what u love to do and never let someone bring u down
- Hay beautiful...you not like the rest i like your smile your vibe im trying to make you mine-
He called me beautiful instead of bad called me gorgeous instead of sexy
You are the flesh
of my flesh
the heart in my chest
every beat tells the rest
little feet play the drum
in my soul each song
my nerves tune along
I thought about you today.
I think about you every day, actually. There’s so much I wish I could tell you… It gets hard not to cry.
Only fifteen, so they say you’re a mistake.
I feel you in my belly as my heart begins to ache;
I made a bad choice, but still I get you as my prize.
Your daddy walks out as I wipe tears from my eyes.
There she goes again, diggin' herself deeper in that hole she's in.
No self respect, left her family and friends, set God on the back burner and when you ask her why?
Her reply every single time is, " well... i love him."
I am from my birth mothers choice to give me up for adoption. I am from her realization that drugs were more important than me. Her mistakes have taught me right from wrong. The person that she is, is the person I will never be.
I have come so far,
It has been so long,
I hope you know I meant to do no wrong,
I put myself there when I was sixteen,
Made some choices that I can't bare to explain,
Living for you today,
The baby sits on my whomb
I cry as I lay on that tomb
No heart beat
No movement
What has my body done to you my sweetest?
Nurse comes in and out
My heart cant seem to beat
My soul has left
If you make a poor decision;
I'm the one affected.
If something goes wrong,
even if it is not my fault, I am the one blamed.
You'll blame me for your life sucking
even though it was your decision.
Cold and lonely,
Pregnant and scared,
Single and lowly,
With not a word shared.
Not aware how to feel,
Don't know where to turn,
Not one bit of help,
Til my child is born.
Its hard to explain .Creating feelings just the same. Histerical . Im sincerely ,genuinly ,in love!! BOOM!! Hit the wall of reality .Betrayal,killing silently .Now your locked up and away .Set in stone .How did it get this way?
To the world a child is born.
Then that child has a child.
But all too young for responsibility, that child that had a child that she is shielding from the street.
You said it all
And I just listened
But I feel as if I just took a fall
You said how you loved how my eyes glistened
You told me all it took was our first time
It was the very night you said you loved me
To My Dear Son.
Precious child of mine,
i was willing to bring you into this world
My son is my one and only son
The one I take care of not for fun or because I have to
The one I take care of because I want to.
My son looks at me like I am the greatest
At a young and confused age She is lost.
Everything She has ever known is gone.
She's on the edge of breaking.
She just doesn't know what to do.
She tries to find relief.
It all started one day
just an ordinary day
the first time they got together
the first of their new forever
Their love was expressed
as they got undressed
Still just another ordinary day
There is a little girlcrying out for her fatherlittle does she knowdaddy doesn't want to be botheredShe cries her tearsnot at all silent
Her belly grows and grows,
but nobody knows.
Sweatshirts are too small,
the inevitable becomes
apparent.
Waddles through hallways,
up flights of stairs,
back aches.
People think that life is easy, that nothing is hard, but open your eye lids a bit wider and take a good look at how imperfect life could be; Observe this peaceful watermelon
I walk around alone and I observe everything around me
I see high school girls walking to class with big bellies ready to pop
One, two, three, four, five girls walk by, how could this be?
Why do I have health in the 12th grade? Girl's in my school started getting pregnant in 9th.
Maybe things would have been different if we were not in high school, if her age ended in -ty instead of -teen...
No one to talk to,
Nowhere to go.
Mommy is overly religious.
Daddy will never forgive me.
Help me.
Please help!
I don't need shame.
I need advice.
I need a hug.
I need empathy.
You are faced with a choice, for some will disagree with whatever choice you make. You need to focus on what is the best for you and your off-spring. If you decide to keep it, why ? what do you have to offer ? If you decide to abort them, Why?
Life was inside me.
I felt the bump bump,
I saw the movement deep in all of me
The movement that reminded me that I could give life
They say they cant hear me. Do i really talk low?
Am i just that odd ball in the classroom.
From the top of the treeI was born a seedFalling. . .From the top of the skyI was born to leadFalling . . .From the top of the rope
Proffesor Smith adjusted his coffee colored blazer and pointed to the
dust covered chalkboard.
“Can anybody tell me what happens in the second stage of meiosis?”
Little Feet, Tiny Hands, Heart that Holds at Every Glance , My love youuomnfhagfihnsd yououoyj jbhag em youy you my mym Mymummm
Why must we hide our shame? Our dignity, ourselves?
We carry ourselves with pride but we are yet to achieve our bravery.
We make a mistake, we are called harlots.
They stare, they whisper the " new gossip".
Born of innocence on a warm summer day.
Only the love of a mother can keep a heart alive,
No father to cry for or dad to say goodbye.
You grow up wondering why.
Walking these halls, I realize, these kids are starring at me.
But im not strange, I am actually very beautiful.
Is it because im pregnant?
Its not my fault.
It wasnt something I wanted to happen.
your cheeks are stained with tears
they reflect your feelings of fear
but i want you to hear
my words close to your ears
for your time is not near
to me you are dear
your wrist are red
One and a half.
I thought to myself...
A beautiful being I did not know I could
Craft.
Expectation.
It was my senior year in high school.
Yes I remember well, all the
"Congratulations"
Sixteen years old now
A new baby on the way
Wish I was older
Boyfriend has left me
He won't even come near here
Because of this child
Wish I was careful
If only I had listened
Broken home. Young mom of two at twenty two. Girl you're a fool, just another statistic. More mouths to feed in that welfare line, no she said not today. Lets go to college I'll lead the way.
i dread the break of dawn
with it it brings heat ache
i wonder what i did wrong
to deserve the disapproved look
the piercing insults you hurl at me
don't you ever tire from it all?
Stretching your own skin.
Laying on your side.
Turning pages on an ebook.
Reading about the baby.
Reading your way into motherhood.
Passing by the years go by.
Wondering where innocence has gone.
I’ve been sitting in the school library
for what feels like forever.
Going back and forth in my mind trying
to decide what I need to do.
Who will I be if this is to happen...
If god or whoever it is up there
Allowed for something like this to be
where inside of me could
I am 7 years old. I play ponies and house and dress-up. I sing and dance and have my mom put on my make-up.
I am innocent.
The two magenta lines do not lie:
one look to scan the color,
another glance to determine its meaning.
Arm shaking in fear and
eyes jangling in the sockets,
searching for the unnamed.
I watch her sitting there in class,Her hand on her chest.And I feel a twinge of sympathyFor I know she needs to wretch.
Who is to the blame for this belly of shame?
Is it the man that I trusted?
Or is it what the lies and the lust did?
Day by day I walk with my head hung
My heart hurts my emotions numb
What should I do?
I met this boy Jimmy and he was out of control
but I loved him so I left a few things roll
some things that I probably should've put my foot down to
but Jimmy made it seem like I was all he knew
Life gets hard as a Teen.
We don't always know where to turn.
With a friend like me.
I'll stick by your side.
I'll always be there to be your guide.
Share your problems.
No matter how tough.
I loved everything about you
your smile
your smell
I was addicted at one point
so weak and even lost
I could never look into your eyes
afraid of what I really saw
Is it worth it?
He finnesed me with ease
Anything he wanted was his
Love, sex, money, drugs
----anything for him
He said he'd always love me, no matter what he'd done
There's one there,
And another over there.
Bulging bellies fill the halls and block the views of the whiteboard.
It should be a shock to hear of one,
Yet everyone's taking bets on who will be next.
Missing in action was the answer to the question I kept asking
Where's my Dad? Always searching for a father I never had
He was never there, because he never cared
I am a teenager, but I'm different.
Instead of being selfish, I take care of my disabled brother everyday.
Instead of disobeying my parents, I show them my love and respect.
She sits there in her seat,
ears open to hear the lesson of the day.
She waits for the hour to be over.
The students all around her focused,
while her blue eyes teary, she stares at the board.
Look at me, and all the mistakes I did.
I wasn't thinking that night, and now he left me.
But look at you, my beautiful baby girl.
You've given me a chance to start over.
I promise to make you proud.
Pregnancy used to be a beautiful thing
Now everyone is hooking up with their highschool flings
And growing their own wings:
Getting pregant
High School was supposed to be the best time of my life,
till my dad left my family and I turned to drugs and alcohol to survive.
My friends were bad influences
and my grades were terrible,
My mother dropped out of high school
The students all stopped to stare
Her stomach was big and round
And the teachers did not care.
If this were to happen today
and believe me I know it does
I'm feeling aloneDiseveledNothing in my head is leveledNow I'm on my ownOur relationship is deadI'm so sorryThere are some things that should be left unsaidThe race was onAnd you left me dazed
Take a chanceRealizeAll the romanceCould have a resultLose a lifeTake a pillAlthough you never willrecover from thisa person you could've metThat you'll always regret
Her black, moist hair flows like an elegant river. As I watch her and all that dwells within I violently quiver. I look her up and down not knowing if she realizes I am around. But yea, so I am and I pray that she is my sacrificial lamb.
to be a big sister
there are so many
responsibilities.
You are the role model
and You have to do
everything right.
littles sisters and little brothers
annoying as They may be,
A girl who now must be a woman
Stands to face the expectations and damnation of a closed minded society
Don’t you think that maybe she is weighed down enough by her own responsibility?
Must you add you judgment and hate
I am young and BEAUTIFUL.
I was once a child having fun and being me.
I began to love and seek for the.
He approached me with such a soft touch.
I began to wonder if this was just lust.
You told me it would be fine
Nothing bad would happen
My friend told me the same
But my parents warned me
I wouldn't listen
Until now
You were supposed to protect me
My love, my other half the light soon to shine in my eyes and awaken me to an adventure of a lifetime, a ride of the century and the joy ill feel for so many years, the thought of you my one and only brings tears to my eyes , a
Many people judge teen moms without even knowing them and many teen moms drop out of school I am a teen mom and if i can do it any one can if someone judges you ignore them in this world sometimes we cant think about other peoples happiness but of
A mother with youth carries youth, forced with abuse
to love or to hate left in abortion clinics in terrible mental state.
So now she’s a statistic left in the darkness to fix her mistake. Or create,
When I walk down the halls, nobody knows the secret im hiding in my heart.
It happened to me a few months ago, but you don't know.
I make you think everything is ok by the smile on my face.
I wish you would have told me that having sex would be this hard
Yea, you showed me the basic steps, but never the affects
He was my first, my only
He made me feel so comfortable
Through the looking glass you peer.
You see bodies with faces.
Judging by their reputations.
The pregnant girl you label as “slut,” was raped.
Look over there! It's a girl with a bulging belly
But no one in this school ever seems to be medeling
It's beecome so normal for us just to ignore it
We've got classes for it, goodness, why are you trying to condone it?
It's bad when your fourteen and sneaking out at night to give your mouth and other body parts for two dollars worth of something to smoke.
dare i say if
nd piss of thousands
of women marching
no man no cold assassin
career attackin life changing paper chasin
for me! I would much rather
lather lavishishly in the morning aromas of
I never got to see you
It's killing me, this secret I keep inside
I will never get to meet you
All this pain I have to hide
I was only 15 years old
Abortion was the last thing on my mind
She was once so young and innocent
Her life so vibrant
Love was fresh and pure
Never letting her down
The pain was not noticed,
That night I left work
I was scared
I knew something bad was going to happen
I took a cab to his house
When I got there
We went to his room and started drinking
Birth control.
In school they teach you,
Birth control,
No condom, no baby,
But maybe an std or HIV.
We are young, we are naive.
We are virgins, who want a bad boy.
I replay the day.
Everyday.
I looked down at the tests.
This was it.
There was no more doubt.
It was now replaced.
Fear.
What would I say.
How would I say it.
Feeling lost, lonely, and confused isn't always the best thing or a number one option,
But it is the only one when your deciding between keeping a baby, abortion or adoption.
You are me.
you are that part of me that loves
that beautiful part of me
that part I thought could never exists
that sweetness.
You are me.
you are my beautiful surprise
buetiful blue eyes full of wondor staring up at me like i am the only one that he knows.
with him nothing else really matters i can be who i want to be and never be judged.
Young, beautiful and brave.
Chasing after a young man who only puts her to shame, tears her apart and throws dirt on her name.
She allows him to because she was never told any other thing to do.
When you are feeling the urge
there's no need to act
teens get pregenant, it's a common fact
when the time "comes"
you'll sure know it
keep it in your pants, and dont ever show it.
Respect yourself and your own body
Don't give it up at home or a party
Stay young as long as you possibly can
Babies are a lot of work young woman and man.
Keep your youth and grow and mature
O No!
As an adolescent, you are now stuck
All the things you wish to do is now like Chuck
Happiness is now a blind side
Now it is time to change someone's back side
Why judge?
Young and lonely young girl stuck with her head in her chest soul leaking through here face.
confused lost and not understanding why .
she had giving herself to him behind the bus ,
for once I want to walk into school with a peaceful mind for once I don't want to be judged all the time for once I don't want to lose a friend, or hear of a murder down the street for once I want people to open their eyes and hearts that are ma
It all happened so fast.
A beat of my heart.
A stroke of my soul.
I looked down,
Eyes closed.
I sucked in a breath,
Lungs filled.
I am now a young woman, I have grown out of my princess heels. I left my tiara in the dirt, and traded it in for a shield. I'm sorry daddy, I told you I loved you above all, but I didn't expect that boy to trip me, I didn't expect to fall.
She was a good girl
an innocent child, new to the world
thrown into life
with no clue what to do
she tried to stay pure, she tried to avoid
the real world problems and troubles
You call it love.
I call it lust.
You say their perfect.
But I can see their flaws.
You say it's time.
I say it can wait.
But you don't listen.
I tell you to be aware of the consequences.
Lockers, classes, books
Glam, mirrors, look
Boys got her took
Girls got her shook
Judged and misread
Lost and mislead
Tight jeans
Looks and no means
Attractions wanting attention
I'm confused. I thought I was safe? Now I have to run just to get away. I made a mistake.
Just last night. I thought I could do whatever I like. But now I feel some sense of shame.
I am dreamy and imaginative.
I wonder where colors come from.
I hear the paints softly hum.
I see my paintbrush slowly make smooth and gentle strokes.
I want to know if this will turn out right.
Back in the day when everyone was wild and free
All these long haired, peace lovin girls would have babies.
Instead of the natural age for having a child at twenty - five or on
The first day of school, your starting to drool
He seems so perfect, he seems so cool
red as a rose trying to hide,
Why in the world are you feeling so shy
palms are sweaty , shortness of breath ,
Why do they judge her? And y'all just let it happen?
The heartache and the pain,
please remember when it pours its rains.
They don't the situation, she could have gotten rape.
He said "I love you",
and repeated,
and repeated,
when he kissed away the tears,
and kissed away the pain that night.
He said "Shhhh. It's okay",
and repeated,
and repeated,
There she is.
Yeah, that girl.
The one that got pregnant.
The one that had an abortion.
There she is.
See her walking with her head down?
What a slut. Whore.
Yeah, that’s the girl.
To a mother, the feeling of being stabbed in the back is a treasured ghost
One minute, it's here, apparent and known
The pain increases every second and you become paralyzed by the person committing the crime
Oh my heart is beating
Does she know I'm here?
I hear his voice, I hear hers
I love you mommy, dear.
I'm growing mommy
Can't you feel it?
What did you scream at daddy?
You can't deal with it?
I want to be different,
different from others.
My cousin's don't know
getting pregnat will cut your education short,
I want to be different,
different from them.
I will be the first
You saw the world at a young age Now you headed to a job that don't pay minimum wageBut you putting ya life at stakeWith the money you'll be making you'll probably enjoy a steakOnly 18 but now you gotta make decisions of a grown manA life in your
My life was short
My life was cruel.
Winston was my brother
But he hardly felt as one.
I never was a child
I never lived my life.
I was robbed of a past
I was robbed of a future.
sincerely, mom
You're one in a million and a complete secret
Through me, you are their life
Bringing me peace and love, I know fate exists
I'm carried through knowing you're out there
They say we girls who have baby's at my age are dumb and miserable.
We are looked down from society, we are the unwanted cavities found
by mothers in their child's mouth. We become the deserted and lonely,
TITLE: ***My unborn princess*** As i walk towards heaven, all I see is you. The sky is as blue as it can possibly be, and all I see is you. The clouds are as white as snow and still all I see is you. Nothing is as beautiful as you, my dear. Your e
The quiet girl sat in the back corner at her desk. She was more shy than all the rest. The bell rang and as she arose her belly was buldging. She could not see her toes. We filed out of class, I the last in line to leave.
She walked around with her head held down.
The risk of being near people,
Gave her fear
That she would be judged.
She put her hand up
To her stomach.
She felt a kick at her belly.
Teen mothers
sacrifice one thing.
They sacrifice their heart, mind, body and soul
To provide for the ones they know
Can't help themselves.
Teen mothers
Are living, breathing, honesty machines,
a girl in this alone
the boy walks off
leaving her behind
young love found
the dark road
she cries, he parties
she is a senior who
is fixing to be a mother
she is upset, confused
My heart has no boundaries but has been in pain for a while
It looks to you to fix it but the scotch tape you used just isn’t working anymore.
It needs your love and care but it gets worry and sadness
I took a detour.
One that lead me to lust a beautiful blue eyed boywho pounded me so deep in to ravenous depression,that in my twisted state of wrath I wholeheartedly believedI'd never live to see color again.
Fluttering heartbeat
Like a butterfly in the clouds;
Nobody sees
but he's there.
A smile in your eyes
in a portrait
in an album form the past
I found it.
Its HARDHard being a girlHard being a virginIn the 21st Century
Its HARDHearing "You think you're too good?""Oh you're one of those holy girls?"In the 21st Century
You love him? Are you serious?
You going around school gossiping about y'all sex life! Are you serious?
You talking about we gonna get married and have us a family! Are you serious?
You wear pearls,
A tight lipped smile.
A prim little skirt,
And glazed doe eyes.
You’ll help me with homework!
Just show up to class!
But there’s a child in my belly,
You told me your secret,
I told you it was wrong.
You acted like nothing had happened,
I acted like my world had stopped.
You said you had an appointment, but didn't go,
I said you should have.
Mother would always shout...
"I brought you into this world,
and I'll take you out!"
It always made me laugh,
but it never made me think.
What if i looked down...
and saw that plus sign colored pink?
Everyone, everywhere is gaping at your mistake
You can hear their critical statements and feel their harsh stares
Teen pregnancy is no piece of cake
Responsibility the father won't take
Child birth is NOT a mistake
Only if YOU think that is
Your DECISION to be a mother
Your decision is based on your actions
Every mother is different on how they carry their child
Mommy, you forgot.
I watched all the mothers and their children walk hand in hand out the school gates.
On the cold, hard concrete I sat
Waiting for you to realize there’s something you forgot.
Mommy, you forgot.
I watched all the mothers and their children walk hand in hand out the school gates.
On the cold, hard concrete I sat
Waiting for you to realize there’s something you forgot.
it all happened at the dead of the nightwith me not putting up that much of a fightor even stopping to think of my decisionjust knowing that him i did'n wanna be missin
Beautiful blue eyes as blue as the sky,
Laughter more joyful then christmas,
smile more precious then life.
You are my world, my life,
you bring light into my life more brighter then the Sun.
Months of carrying around extra weight,
body ridden with pain because it is time --
Childhood is but a memory.
The cuts on her wrists and the warmth of her hello do not match.
The tattoos on his biceps, don’t match his morals.
The images she portrays with her G-String and her long auburn hair.
Everyday a girl loses her virginity, because he says "you mean so much to me"
After she does it, she doesn't realize, that the decision she made could ruin her life
I wish it had been a dream. I wake up in the night. Covered in sweat and full of fright. The pain is terrible. My thoughts unbearable. My muscles contract. I have to face facts. It's not my time. I feel a chill run down my spine.
Remember that first day of school, where I was so distant?Transparent to what you see, because I was hidden in betweenof that Jock and that Preppy boy that seen to be more important than me.
At first everything was bright and sunny,
No one knew, but you started to grow a tummy,
The three of us were there for eachother,
That was until you became a mother,
We were still there but you pushed us away,
Time to make mistakes,
take a chance,
kiss the summer fling,
and hold hands till sun set.
I'm here to grow up not down.
Kiss the stars and wink at the moon.
I've got a heart on full health
As I had you in my stomach
I never thought I could love someone so much
The kicks, the hiccups, keeping me up at night
You were finally born in april
Looked at you for the first time
I fell in love
Watch Ciara walk down the street with her green hoodie, and buddy at side.
She lives all alone 'cause mother,sister,brother,daddy are never at home.
She is actually very smart, straight A's in school.
This poem is dedicated to any one who's ever lost their lover to the grave
or to a jail cell.
They might be, in the streets or in the studio making beats but
We hold 'em down because it seems they mean well.
I am not used to this pain that my body has gained. My comfortability has come to an end.My sin is the sin of a seed that was sent to destroy me before I even began.I would rather that I returned back to the old me.
He came into this world with a smile on his face.
Eyes wide open with a blessed heart.
He came into this world weather planned or not.
He knows he's loved with a big happy family.
Always touching, always feeling
Constantly swimming in my veins
I can feel your breath in mine, see your pain in my eyes
It's not easy I know. Going where nobody likes to go. A touchy subject that's for sure. But do you even know her? The struggles she's faced? The heartbreaks and pain?
A passing glance in the hallway, an innocent smile,
Who's to say there's nothing there,
We hang out, we talk for awhile,
There's no telling what we're thinking when we stare,
These worried weeks I layed in bed
The crazy thoughts that stayed in my head
Drained events the walls registered
Deep holes I need to remember
Lies and truth in my sheets
Born to a young woman of only 16 years,Should’ve aborted me and suppressed those tears.Went against the grain and gave me life,Stood by my side to help me see the light.
Your teeth are clenched,
your head down.
Your nails sink deeper and deeper
with every sound
Your pace is rather brisk, for
You feel numerous eyes staring
they penetrate through your skin
Hush, little baby, don't you cry,
because you could never be as scared as I.
Once upon I time I had dreams,
now I lie awake and listen to your screams.
Please, baby, your mommy always loves you
You pregnant and you just turned 13 teen , you just stop playing on the playground .
One night after the movies he got you in his bed , he said he loved you .
Untill you told him that your pregnant with his kid .
What is this feeling
So strange and alone
My fingers cannot move
And my heart has turned to stone.
The aching in my head
The darkness full of pain
The weakness in my lungs
What's wrong with this world all these babies having babies
Barley grown up and got a raise they own baby
What happened to when we used to look down on this behavior
Fashion me in a complex mind puzzle that will ensure to test the greatest minds
Double the mulitple problems when your own has left the herd and escaped with a face full of future regret
you think you know the future
what's coming, what's going, what's approaching -
you think you know the little secrets
the little lies aren't news to you -
you think maybe you can outrun it
Sometimes in the middle of a calm seaA storm rages in the most violent way.
A hurricane begins in the peaceDeath comes from the still of life
In the greatest timesIn the most awful ways
I created this new phrase called, ‘’ if you leave wonderland to go to candy land, then expect to leave with something unpleasant.’’
Teens with children
Basically babies having babies
Having to face their biggest fears
The fear of being a "bad" mother
The fear of judgement from their peers
The fear of being a single parent
To Breathe is to relieve the stress never to compress the lies the pain why such a strain,on the mind on the brain but when those tears rain all we can do is breathe.
My stomach is growing
Like a bulging balloon.
It inflates with each month-
Ignoring my protests.
I watch my own body
With increasing disgust.
Each day I pray for blood emerge
Nine months,
Nine months I spent wondering
Wondering about that opening
The opening that was said to come, when I reached the end
The end that I anxiously waited to begin.
Cuz,
Will she pass the test?
Become just like the rest?
Nothing but a statistic.
Why did she risk it?
Now she's full of fears,
Trying to hold back the tears.
How will her parents respond?
Beneath rusted swings and burnt yellow slides
That curved between laughter and orange horizons
Laid her hand in his sweaty palm
She leaned her head on his undeveloped chest
Magnolias before they bloom,
Should I write you letters,
or a post card maybe..
Do you even listen to me,
or do you choose to make me wait?
Dear God, are you listening?
I can hear it's heartbeat,
can you hear mine too?
At the age of 16 thought she had love
she was only in love with the presence
of him his face , his body, his rep
it was a mutual infactuation
the relationship progress to
only create stress my friend
She is the product of a febuary romance.Taking a glance at her persona, you would never think that there is pain deep within her skin of dirt.
(Are you living oblivious to oblivion,
Or do you turn a blind eye to your decisions?
Do you close your blinds when you see the light,
And open your mind to the lies that often be in the night?
The first day I saw you, you were the size of rice.
So tiny, so little, with a heart beat already!
I couldn't even believe it.
I fell in love with you, I fell in love with you and I didn't even know you.
Two years ago his flesh implanted onto my flesh; his blood was half mine & half his. Two years ago I was outcast by everyone except him & him.
so i am
16 years old
i found out i am pregnant
wow..
im pregnant
whats going to happen with school
now i have to find a job
im scared to tell my own parents
that im pregnant
you can't see me but you can feel me,
i can hear you and others can listen to me,
i don't know you but i love you,
please give me a chance to meet the world,
i'm sure it's as beautiful as you,
As she looks into the mirror she doesn't like what she sees
She sees an insecure little girl with a heart that bleeds
Well I don't know how long it'll take this little girl to mature
Rolling over mountains
Sky revolves as I view the clouds
Voices are floating by
I could hear them if I knew how
Looking straight
Leave nothing behind
Peace is unattainable
There is a girl whom we all have seen.
Her hair is black, her eyes a beautiful shade of green.
She is beautiful on the outside, but the inside is unkempt.
She has been constantly trying to hide the tears she has wept.
What ever happened to the innocent hellos? And the guys mesmerized by a girls eyes.. The days where you had to ask a dad for a date..and he decides yes or no.. And a first kiss meant everything..
Feel sick to my stomach
Forehead crinkles
Mind is blurry
I ask again
"What happened,"
Broken record in my head
Close my eyes and try to rest
Help
Don't ask, don't tell
Scared
Adult life? Really?
Alone
Good- bye to you too
Stubborn
I don't need this anymore
Ironic
You're broken, but I need to be saved
Stop
Some people say loves great
But, is it or just people all
mushy and gushy
With hearts, chocolate
Lovie, Duvie dove
Have you ever felt that way
Most have and it ended badly
what if shes pregnant themood swings the stomachgrowing bigger?it must be evident damn! shes my first lady but no president what she has waiting to evoke with time is heaven sent. im aware of whats to come but in the moment im the first to run.
How can you know a person who never got to be?
Or try to think about their face when you never got to see?
I got to have you for awhile,
To bad I didn't know.
You had to trust me with your life,
I have no rights
I have no life
I have no fun
Seems like im shown no love
I think of ways to make things right
I keep trying to better my life
Everytime I make a move, according to you
Though for the last few months
Everyone looked at her
With judgement and disgust,
She felt beautiful.
She did make one mistake;
She admitted that.
But that didn't mean that
Surprised at the sight i lay.................. Confused at the words i ignore........... Time can't wait and neither should i I gave my all and you let it fly As a heart beat you live your life
I am lost.
I am alone.
No one understands.
The shadows are taking over.
I am lost.
I am alone.
The bubbly laugh of a baby boy,
A beautiful smile of a toddling two year old.
The innocence of a child is something we take for granted.
To think someone could decide to end the budding life within themselves..
My own life is nolonger mine! I like it this way and its perfectly fine. I am more than blessed, you see; These tiny humans NEED me! My own agenda has been thrown away, because THEY are my own- night and day!
The “A” Word
Now lately Daddy's been counting days
Mommy’s wishing she could count sheep
She's saying "let's reconsider", he's saying he's not going to keep
You make me laugh. You make me smile. You make my life have purpose. I am nothing without you. Before you came into my life I was a mess. I finally had a reason to change who I was. You gave me a reason to start my life over.
everybody has there own idea of what teen mothers are
but rarely are the ideas happy
they say i am stupid,
they say i am a bad person
they can't see how hard i work for her
the apple of my eye
Every moments have their seconds and their seconds make our dreams.
I know it sounds complicated but its simpler than it seems.
When the world is spinning
A bit too fast
And as much as you try
Your heart’s path comes last
And you remember the days
Of trying so hard to try
To follow those dreams
The floetry, the poetry
The words no longer flow like trees
The pain he felt, the more we see
The links of him down to her "v"
The moet she pours up as he
Feels that the love is all she needs
Why would you creat a life when you are not even husband and wife ...........Babies having babies who would have known when you yourself is not even grown.........Teen pregnacie what was you both thinking how will you support them with no job no h
Tried it a few times; didn't think it would hurt
Never thought that I'd get caught in my own dirt
You said that you would love me
You said you'd always be there
but now that i look around you're not anywhere
It's getting heavy I think I'm bout ready to break down. I'm holding on to my last breath. Lord knows I don't wanna drown.
Your love is what I thought I needed, but instead you gave me hatred and my heart quickly receded.
But as she looks in the mirror she sees the consequences Tears streaming down her mother's face Disappointment perched upon her father's lips Anger fashioned into the shape of her brother's fist Uncertainty as she places her hand upon her stomach
I was scared. I wasnt ready. who were you? Who would you be? I didnt plan for this. It's all to real. We went to the doctor. No one knew. I'm scared. I seen you today. Your tiny being. I felt it over whel me.Love/ Your growing so fast.
There's a beautiful girl with goals and aspirations. She puts all of her trust in a guy. He lies and he cheats but he constantly repeats, "I love you you're the reason my heart skips a beat". She is very intelligent but just blinded by "love".
I am sensitive and in loveI wonder if my life will ever change
I hear the squish-squash of clouds walking
I see candy-land
I want to love him all over again
I am sensitive and in love
She struggled with it.
The decision.
Yes or no?
Is this thing apart of me.
Is it my responsibility?
She berated herself.
She hated herself.
She despised the things she'd done.
Baby girl I can’t imagine what it’s like for you
He got you pregnant now inside there is a life in you
All those days, remember, he used to call you boo
It has been said that you can't have yin without yang No pb without the j No thelma without luise So answer this please How can there be a me without you
Baby
The baby seems to want to be here
Baby, you like the way your predicatment has caused your downfall
Baby will pick you up
The assignment was to write a poem or advisory addressing an issue teenagers would find hard to talk about with their parents. I chose pregnancy.
I miss my baby
I wonder if he is okay
all i hope is that maybe, just maybe
I will get to see him one day
It's been three years too long
I was just fifteen
giving you up was wrong
Time went by so fast
Where does time go
10 months ago is a thing of the past
It doesn't seem that long ago
With every day she has continues to grow
She has changed so much
Meeting him wasn't anything new
i liked him and knew he liked me too
we went up to his room, just to play a video game
he was different , he didnt like the fame
Drunk? No we were sober
The Jocelynn Effect
What is life but a journey,
A journey that can teach much.
Who knows where it will take you,
Far away, or close to home.
Lily hears the cries of her team mates
as she rounds third base
The rush of adrenaline, sliding into home
winning the champion ship
A celebration is in order for the victory
Times are hard,
Hearts are broke,
no one knows what lies ahead,
maybe a miracle.
Her hearts shattered and beaten,
It shows on her body,
No one believes it
Hes killing her.
I look back at my life and see that,
I have no regrets,
I did things that I might have not liked
But it was an experience.
An experience which brings a lesson,
A lesson to a blessing.
You look at my belly,
then look down on me.
You call me a slut, floozy,
loose, and so much more.
No one understands the
fact of me never knowing what
love is.
Love did nothing for me.
Levels of defeat
Tears of Crime
Thinking to thy self
should I do time
Where have I gone
Where will I go
with this thing inside
where will i know
who will protect me
whether to kill again
I could feel her growing, breathing, becoming.
Becoming a girl born to a girl.
Yes, 20 years of age is said to be adult, but responsibility and accountability I lacked.
Sophomore in college.
(poems go here) I feel it...
Kick
Kick
kick
Inside of me
Your apart of me
Sweet child of mine, please forgive
Forgive me for having to bring you into this world
For only having love to give you
Days and days go by
Weeks and weeks past
Still hurt by what has passed
A life that I can never get back
Mistakes are made
that are hard to face
But at the end of the day
I still feel the same way
I remember the day you were born, I was just a kid myself, afraid of so many things… but most of all, afraid of loving you.
Stay here in me
The warm comfort of your soft soul
Mold against my body,
And here, is when I feel most whole,
Your heart less than twelve inches away
From my own heart
You make me scared and vulnerable,
This is natural, they say
Its all for the best
I cannot move past this heartache
This pain in my chest
Those days were surreal
Did this truly just occur
Happiness turned to sorrow
My life now a blur
To my anonymous adolescent,
I’m sorry.
Sorry for suppressing your existence and never giving you the chance to clock in and serve your time here on this earth.
We were bestfriends ever since we met at chruch,
the best part to come is the the newborns birth.
It's a beautiful thing from Heaven up above,
I know it's going to be pretty like a dove
Positive. It's positive. How can this be? I was so careful, so vigilant, how can this happen to me? Two pink lines have turned my world around, but I can't think of just me anymore. I have a baby to keep safe and sound.
You never thought about it
You just acted by instinct
I get you
You got lost
You had a choice and you said you consider it before
Still you did it and 9 months later the results you saw
I left the birthing house
a while ago.
A haven of mournful mothers
and cries of new breaths pierced the air—
absent the slap of fathers.
What happened to playing Barbie's?
Have the girls of my class fallen that low?
To not think of when they played with dolls?
your heartbeat racing and you palms still sweating
but its no big deal they say.
and you wake up guilty and you feel so dirty
but its no big deal anyway.
when your belly's swelling with his child, he don't want it
I was sixteen
Not too young, but not too old
And I had a met a boy who I believed would be my husband, the father to my kids, my soulmate
Again, I was only sixteen
Wasn't too wise, but not too dumb
THEY OFTER SAY HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, BUT WHERE IS HOME WHEN YOUR HEART DOESN'T LIVE.LIKE A BODY STUCK STILL BECAUSE its BRAIN IS DEAD.SO STILL WHERE IS HOME WHEN YOUR HEART DOESN'T LIVE.
In the presence of royalty, she bows down and worships thee,
Kissing everything from his eyebrows to his feet,
Thinking that he’s real, and loves more than her sex appeal,
Just an hour of ecstasy
On a foreign bed with stranger
You didn't know the name of
Because it is just one night
Nothing happens to me, that's
what you told yourself when
You got out for the night
A Face,
In the mirror,
Can't be mine-
Too much experience,
Too little time.
Cold eyes,
Not a wife,
And barely a mother,
Of a dear child who needs her.
I was a teen having a baby by the age of fifteen
Somehow I was excited to find out about my pregnancy
When I should have been crying for my dreams
The dreams that now have to put on hold
Dear bun in my oven, with love that never dies
I save you this here laughter, cause all you'll hear are cries
This world you're born into is rotten
Rotten to it's core
Everyone keeps staring at me
My belly swells and my feet hurt
I didnt ask for this change
I didnt ask for this experience
stop staring at me please
judging me in your head
whispers in the shadow of my back
You crazy girl, you wanted this didn’t you
You wanted to hear the sound of the condom pop
Letting you know his semen had dropped
On the other hand your heart was throbbing
Aborted...
It was all fun at first,
Every kiss, every touch.
Expressing your "love"
With kisses and such.
But he wanted more
And who were you to deny?
You gave into temptation
He said I think we better head back
To that place we call paradise
He wrapped a sweater around her shoulders
Seeing how her arms were cold and bloodless.
Two lost souls tangled in the rapture of youth,
One spoke lies while the other breathed the truth.
A fantasy of love they both had fallen for,
But the boy was too imperfect; the young girl yearned for more.
A life of person that has yet to change
Although we are all changing
never the same, never again
continuing to learn and grow
how he will never know
what it is to grow
Hello Mommy, I'm here waiting.
You found me yesterday; this is exciting.
You don't know me yet, but I know you.
I can feel your love so strong and true.
I feel so stuck
Contemplating why I should give a f*^%
Intercourse an early age pushed beginner's luck
And now it's crazy
Cuz I'm bout to have this baby
I ain't ready,
but abortion ain't an option
Refrain, Abstain,
the words we are told.
A game, A game,
the loser behold.
His morals he left,
his values he tore.
'Till all goodness cleft,
and no conscience wore.
An oath he did promise,
Let me live.
I like to party.
I like guys with a hot body.
Let me live.
I want to go out.
I want to kiss guys.
I want to be with the cool kids.
Let me live.
I want to do what I want to do.
when we're in the mood
when we're in this place
when the temperature rises
and our hearts start to race
and in between heavy breathing
accompanied by low moans
I open the door and I see her standing there.
I look into her eyes, and it makes me want to cry.
Seeing her standing there, staring with her vicious glare.
I can’t believe I used to say that girl with her vicious glare
In noiseless nights they woolgather
an unceasing ebb and flow
of bodies’ fluctuation. Like the way
an ocean joins the land... Caressive.
Tickles of imperfection upon islands of sand.
Looking through my eyes all I see is terror
So many girls scared to look in the mirror
Why cause they're afraid they might be showing
that somethings inside them may be growing
The only thing I'm good at is being banged in bed sheets over the head
Bodies touch emotions would rush but there's none
No passion
no good reason or ration
Just for money to blow, a high rate hoe
I saw your little hand.
And I dreamt of us,
Building castles in the sand.
I saw your little feet,
And I knew our strong love,
I could always keep.
I saw your little nose.
And it wasn't you
Start
the fun filled nights
the long weekends away
the sex
the drugs
the alcohol
parties every night?
school in the background?
Middle
nine long months
the swelling
the hunger
When your life is tough, you try to be tougher.
You pick the path you think is straight,
But in all actuality the road ends up being a little rougher.
And even though your life’s not that great,
We waited and waited,
both too nervous to try.
She said she was ready,
so I thought; So Am I!
When it came down to it,
we realized the lies we told.
But it would be our secret,
to have and to hold.
It all started in the beginning.
Creating this perfect world, that has no ending!
A magnificent place with many dreams
More than what anyone has seen
Staring into her reflection, is someone she thought she knew
Crawling out of her eye sockets is rain and the clouds of regret float over her head frowning at the new, the new body she has
Every day on my feed I see the same thing
The blues and the pinks and what will you bring
Young girls in high school some even my age
This anger builds up; I have to turn the page
All I need is me,myself, and I,
And if I fall, its because god dropped me from the sky...
Not giving me my wings im a angel in disguise...
appearing in a women's stomach, im ready to open eyes.
There's a soul in her belly
I hate to say it but my old lady's pregnant
And I'd be lying if i said that I wasn't sweating it
But at this time I feel I shouldn't be regretting it
Mommy, why are my hands so small?
Why does everyone say I look like you when I don’t see it at all?
Why do you say I have ocean blue eyes
and run your hands through my hair when it’s nothing but dry?
It took two to create the seed
That I nurtured for nine months
So why is only one recognizing
The responsibility of
Being a parent?
Before You
There was another
Seed that was sewn
Oh, the poor child
Whose sex was unknown
A boy or a girl
Time wouldn’t tell
According to gospel
I’m going to hell
No words can describe the intertwining of one man and one women
They frolic and play with no ambition, no hope just eyes straight ward
If I were to say that we could not play today, she would ever speak again
(poems go here) What happened to that girl who was so quiet and so
meek, although she was young she was very very sweet.
I saw her at church her family knew mine, and she had
They labeled me, created an image of sin
I was ripped apart then constructed with an evil eye
Lonely, changing into an adult
No one walked beside me as the sin they called, protruded from my body
i often wake up in the middle of the night
and go to your bassinet
and press two fingers lightly upon your chest
to see if it still moves
with every little breath you take
to make sure you have not been
There is a war inside my head.
To keep
or throw away
Will it hurt like torture
or will be like sleeping
and waking up
to a dream long
dissipated?
Waking up to screaming, fusing, and dishes flying.
Looking around asking why my lil sister crying.
Since I’m the oldest I gotta take care of the kids.
I’m the one every night making sure homework did.
Pregnancy has a age requirement.
If you cannot take care of the life that is growing inside of you, why in the hell are you having sex
She paces back and forth,
Staring down at the tile
Of her small, cold bathroom.
With four walls that close in,
Slowly suffocating her.
Almost like the suspense
That makes her heart beat fast.
Sick to your stomach
Waiting for the morning
Hiding the box
And that protruding stomach.
They said it was best in the morning
And though you want accuracy
It is terrifying to wait.
Everywhere I look around there is an inflated belly.
Some are sad, tired, and in distress. Others are proud,
happy, nothing less to be a mother, sad to carry the
known responsibilities. What ever happened to waiting?
woke up feeling bad
got up, then had to run
the sight was so sad
wanted help but none will come
finally, it stopped
but worry did not
ripping, dripping,
waiting, hoping
They were both in love, or so they said
They did it every other day, in each others bed
Every now and then, they would fight and break-up
Then they would look in each other's eyes, kiss, and make-up
Empty the feeling no one really wants to feel
But I feel empty alone but with friends around me
I feel Isolated so cold that my mind is numb to the tears that I cry
I could never have a child at the age of 17
(poems go here) I read a short story once,
by a man named Hemingway
about hills and elephants
and a girl
sitting at a train station
waiting.
Seventeen, young and free, finds that she;
She is losing everything
All her dreams are history
Going to have a baby soon
Suppose to graduate in June
Never got that Honeymoon
"The answer's contraception"
That's all you hear today.
Or "Just get an abortion -
This thing is in the way"
They act like they're our saviors,
And everyone's best friend.
But they sanction poor behavior
They say good comes with the bad
Bad comes along with good
Decisions to be made so little time
Tick tock the imaginary clock ticking in your empty head
My heart pounds like a drum as the door locks.
“My darling,” you say, “lets have a talk.”
I must not write what was said and done on this innocent paper.
Either way, God knows it will be known later.
They classified her as a good girl
who only does bad things with good intentions.
Like frequently being intimate with intimate lovers
because they loved her.
And she, love how they made her feel.
He smiles
My life smiles
My reasoning
My hope
My everything
My one and only
A child, a gift, a blessing
The reflection of me
My mini me
My heart, my soul, my baby
I was concieved without intention
without love or care
I was growing inside of her
she didn't even know I was there
What happened to the essence of waiting?
Did it get misplaced along with integrity & respect?
Or did virginity simply lose its value because of your environment?
You brag about how you got a man ,and how he give it to you all night
little did you know that when you got preggo
he wasn't gonna be the one when you got sick to be like baby leggo
Being a teenager is a temporary state of living.
Six years and it's over.
I stand and watch the other High School students
Walking by laughing, chilling, hanging out.
I come from beige,
Apartment number thirteen.
I come from the empty lot,
Lupine popping up
In the desert of my childhood.
It hurts to think about you
Day or night, rain or shine
I don't know what to say
I love you; I hate you
Your mistake, your love, but why?
I can't say her parents did not care
But at the moment she was dared.
He strolled to her side with swag like Romeo
But she failed to remember what happened to Juliet.
He offered a drink and she took it
He sits alone lost and broken
Pondering his words left unspoken
Realizing what he has done
Realizing he is to blame
Knowing nothing will be the same
He gives into his urge to run
To hide lost in shame
My mother told me I was too young,
To be having a baby on my own,
But the father wasn't around,
His true self was very well shown.
She is sick of pretending
She says as she is drawing hearts in the window steam
He was meant to be
They were meant to be
He left her alone in the night
My dearest darling daughter
Oh you mean so much to me
With your little baby smile
That makes me happy as can be.
Happy Fathers’ Day
Happy Fathers’ Day to me,
My dad, and my granddad,
Happy Fathers’ Day around the world,
To the dads everywhere,
You touched many lives with one anew.
Don't Cry
Don't Cry at the fact that your body will have changes.
Don't Cry because you're not alone.
Don't Cry because the person growing on the inside of you is part of your life
Mommy are you there? Can you hear me? ‘Cause I can hear you.
Are you waiting tables? ‘Cause I’m hungry too.
You’re throwing up again I know, soon it’ll all pass over though.
Though you may be young,
you're still strong enough to withstand so much.
Nowadays young mothers get so much critic.
Not just all single mothers, but mostly black single mothers.
(One more fight with her mother
One more tear shed on the bedspread
One more day to go
One more question to ask God
One more time to figure out the meaning of life
Young and Mindless I had it all figured out
I had all the control. Had a ride, a job, a man
But that wasn't part of my plan.
A dreadful quite
A silent cry
Her soul was drowned but never dried
A mysterious man
Her crucial love
With no words said just simply left another sob another lost
the doctor yells
young mother weeps
they see the fear in her
and in the midst
of all the pain
they try to calm this fear
where is the Peace
that doctor said
would come when he appeared
After the door shuts and the footsteps die
In the quietness the baby cries
And in the air frustrations fly
When the crying stops the mom sighs
In the crib the baby lies
Mom can rest now as she walks away
My daughter will never own matching socks.
She will ride a unicycle.
I will buy her one shoe at a time
and never encourage pigtails.
She will grow up with a “her” sink
and a one door wardrobe.
Just because you’re pregnant,
It doesn’t mean I should be happy for you
It doesn’t mean its ok
It doesn’t mean everyone’s ok with it
It doesn’t mean people won’t talk
It doesn’t mean people will get over it
(You listen to his words of seduction his whispers in your ears so softly pumping will he be there when you are at the clinic rotting not when he is in your bed rutting from sexual excitement trust me my dear your more than that twenty to thirty m
“Forgive me/ they were delicious/ so sweet/ and so cold.”
-William Carlos Williams
Teen pregnancy
Such a condemning cluster of words
They suggest the end of dreams, the mistake of a young woman, and sometimes unending hurt
People may stare, people may talk
Fearful with my standards
And agile about my decisions
Purity is essential to my heart
My morals are my priority
Look at me.
My broken ribs
My broken heart
My broken skull
My broken pelvis and legs
Do you feel any better
seeing me lying there next to my baby?
Chase is watching her for me
You aren't ready. I know you aren't. You feel as if you have to say yes or you'll be the laughing stock of the school. They'll call you a prude. They'll say you aren't "down". Does it really matter? I Mean it's just high school, right?
In my belly lies a body
A body that breathes
Every breath
Inhale
Exhale
A breath that yearns for life
A life that yearns to breathe
Wondering
What kind of person will I be?
I sit here alone,
Afraid and confused
This child that I bear,
Leaves me not the bit amused
This was not on purpose,
I should have kept my head on focus.
How can I tell them?
silent treament at home
piercing stares shoot from your mothers eyes
the one thing you promised you broke
now everythings a lie
you feel neglected and unclaimed
drag miserably around because of all the shame
I stopped feeling alone when left alone. I knew u were there .
I stopped my careless acts bc in the long run iknow u would care
I stopped all the selfish thoughts & prepared for the responsibilities.
Blood Rushing
Temperature Rising
Are you ready for the possibility?
No Birth Control
No Condoms
Your hot with emotions
Are you ready for the responsibility?
Sperm in your vagina growing
You're a strong young woman. You know you are.
He's just some jerk in class that always has to have the last say.
But there's something about his wit and attitude that you like.
You know it's dangerous.
I refuse for a guy to tell me what I want to hear
I decide what I want to do with my body
It is a choice that I make on my own.
Young woman thinks she grown enough to go against what she knows,
Momma always told me,
stay away from that boy.
Momma always told me,
use your brain.
Momma always told me,
guys are after one thing.
I had a friend name Maria who was 16 years old
she was a lost soul traveling down a dark lonely road
Her mom was on drugs, her dad didn't care
she never got love cause nobody was there
Not thinking, no dreams about the next day, only influenced about the present day.
WHERE I COME FROM GIRLS TEN AND UP HAVING BABIES. NOT KNOWING THAT'S NOT WHATS UP! NO BABY DADDY AROUND, NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.
Excuse me Sir, why doesn't anybody love me?
I’m sorry for the morning sickness,
but that was only to tell Mommy “I’m HERE”
But Mommy didn't listen…
Why didn't she believe me?
Today I am 17, soon
to be 18 and it wont be long
until adults will respect me, youth
will reflect me. But I just sit here in my room
waiting for Peter Pan to come. Before
Doc says go pee in a cup,
You bring it back and he dips in the stick,
All of this after a guy said sup,
That lead to you riding on his prick,
Now you sit there crying and worrying,
Bout if you'll be telling
Teen Pregnancy
It is deffinatly a stress
It is deffinatly a mess
Youre such a beautiful young woman
Dont ruin your chances of greatness
Honey-tongued devil, words so sweet
He once said he'd "wait for me"
That was the plan, indeed, waiting
But he would go if I wasn't ready to please
He left so fast, he was in such a hurry
I feel your blood,the warmth of it thank you for creating me, I love how you take me every where with you. I am on the sea of love, you are my raft.
some people disregard the actions they make.
many tend to forget the opportunities they take.
but when it comes to love, and the true definition.
they don’t know until it’s gone, that something was missing.
Afraid to admit? Afraid what other people will think? About the truth? If its too deep? Well, i think your weak. I think thats a problem. You're brainwashed and blinded by love that is not true love. A boy who does not care.
Lost in the moment,
you move against me.
Fingers graze.
Skin ablaze.
Heart skips, heart jumps.
Temptation seeking,
you whisper, “breathtaking”.
You know I sit and remember when you were still a part of me,
I went for months not knowing you were there inside of me.
I had all the signs; I had all the symptoms
And yet your mama was stupid, i made the wrong decisions.
A scent,
Sweet like lilac.
Is how it began,
A small baby
Bundled in heavy down.
Scented in lilac.
Squinted and rosy,
Soft with birth.
That is how it would
Have begun.
A scent,
Five minutes, Five hours
It doesn't matter how long
Just having some fun
Until something goes wrong.
My head shakes. He says his heart breaks.
Because he loves me.
He insists. I resist.
Because he loves me.
I give in. He smiles at my skin.
Because he loves me.
Who am I?
Who is He?
Who are you?
Who are we?
Who should we ask?
Who should we tell?
Who's going to listen,
when we can't yell?
Who do you like?
Who do you love?
I was thinking of you today,
Of who you might have been
About your laugh and smile
And rocking you in the den
He said he loved me
He said he cared
As I sit in this clinic i don’t see him anywhere
The day you were born,
My heart starter to beat stronger;
The blood flowed smoothly through my veins.
The day you were born,
The colors of life became vivid,
The world made more sense to me.
Your way to young, you don't know what to do
who's gonna love you and guide you through?
The guy is gone that's usually how it goes
Your mom and dad aren't happy and soon everyone will know.
Abstinance to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The practice of refraining from sexual activity for psychological, social or reasons religiously. Psychologically, you prevent the possibility of pregnancy, STDs, and extra responsibilities.
Her words strike like venom on a young, lost soul
Burned inside a heap of broken promises, demanding yes and no, creating a foreshadowed future that bleeds of her past
There she is
The kid on her hip
I hold her outstretched hand
It's been too long, she says,
A smile in her eyes
I fake a smile back
Inside I feel sorrow
A hole in my heart
Vegetables are good for the body
So bring that head of lettuce my way
Make my body nice and strong
Keep me going on and on and on while I try to escape
The Garden of Eden
Where your roots keep me tied
A baby bump at only sixteen,
A fake smile that tries to cover the frowns
And the regret that lies between
The what ifs of that night with the alcohol that drowns.
Once a girl so happy and glad
now a burden to everyone even her dad
Never thought it end up like this
Especially after she had her first kiss..
Her mother's daughter and daddy's baby.
She sits there in the corner.
She reaching for the phone.
She pulls back her hand,
Her time is like a hourglass sand.
Curling over with tears,
All her fears become real.
She goes into shame,
Woke up one day and found myself 7 months pregnant
My body was in an awful amount of pain
It felt as if someone was draining it all away
I knew exactly who it was
I am your first,
The only one alike,
It is there,
Right before our eyes.
I see it,
Keeping us together,
But also tearing us apart,
From the core of our love.
Whatever happened to the flowers?
The water lilies and poppies and marigolds,
With their dewy stalks and folds?
They told us that boys only had one thing on their mind.
They told us that only abstinence could save us.
They told us to wait until marriage
and to wait to get married.
They told us every part of the male anatomy
Being responsible for another person is hard.
Why would you want to grow up before you're ready?
Wait so that your family income is steady
So that when you are ready,
I cant believe i didnt listen why me why is this happening to me. i didnt mean to get pregnant. im only 17 i wanted to graduate with my friends and i eanted to be free.
He smiles so cute
you caught his eye.
The butterflies
start to fly.
Innocent and young
your first date.
Excited and scared
you can't wait.
Wrong place, wrong time.
Avoid trouble? Can't help but do just the opposite.
Accidents happen and mistakes are made. Nothing else can be done.
Have a planted seed and there are only three options.
She walked into the center, a baby on her back.
Everything she owned, in a small knapsack.
Mangled hair, a dirty face.
Her eyes pleaded a sorrowful case.
I choose to rise above all the haters
Because I know with the Lord I can be greater
Than the people around me who bring Negativity
Sexy girl, sexy guy
they have sex but don't know why
A few weeks later she says she's late
is this the product of their hot date?
Oh no, oh no, it can't be true
What the hell is she to do?
She sighed in despair after an anxious await
For a phone call from her latest mistake.
Rejected again for a night with the guys
She sits home alone and puts up with his lies.
I stand in the shower washing my face,
Trying to wash away the pain, the worry, the anger, the stress
Trying to cleanse my spirit
Trying to erase the sin
I let the water fall over me
She was the one everyone awarded for not being the one to be in the streets like the others. Being with her grand-mother she was taught the Do's and Dont's of the world, mainly boys.
She Me I
Sixteen
Sixteen
Sixteen
She was
They said
I didn't
She Me I
Doin' it
Screwin' it
Losin' it
Mistakes made
Baby growing
Mom becoming
The feeling of pressure amongst a couple
The constant arguing and bickering,
Their relationship being put to the test
Their happy world starting to crash
It vibrants, the noise
How about a shreking jolt at your stomach
I remember playing volleyball and never been able to jump in the air
Or care that I was two months late
When your hand pressed upon your parchment,
And when my eyes read those constant
Thoughts, my eyes couldn't look away.
My heart had a delay,
And my mind had nothing, not a thought.
She lives through dreams
And nothing’s as it seems
And everyone she’s ever known’s
An actress
She runs on caffeine highs
And sugar coated lies
Just to fake the days away
Yea i know i messed up i aint gone lie
i shoulda stopped but i didnt even try
yea i coulda waited and saved it
but at the time it didnt even cross my mind
look at me now two weeks late
meaning no period of mine
She felt it one day
when the clouds were full of tears.
There was something inside,
wanting to get out,
wanting a life of its own.
The thing that got me,
was when you said,
Let's not have sex.
That line could have bought you a lifetime with me.
but it wouldn't have been your lifetime.
It would have been the lifetime
stop making poor choices
don't allow the little head to tell the big head what to do
these days, females are not what we call our boo
it gets hot and heavy like being bury under a rock during the summer
