She remembers the day the stick turned blue, “wow for **** up the spout” He remembers her smile when she told him. Smile, really? Then there was telling her parents, “okay we'll make this work” Then there was telling his parents, “You threw your scholarship away for this *****, you're a *******” She remembers the morning sickness He remembers the hangovers She felt warm inside when he said it was her choice He felt like dying when she said she was keeping it She framed the first ultra sound photo He deleted his Myspace page She noticed the day she started showing The same day he noticed the legs on the waitress She was snickered at behind locker doors He quit the team Her mom brought home baby shoes His mom circled the classifieds She got peanut butter cravings He got hand gun cravings It's a girl It's a girl She remembers finally talking again after four months He remembers being cornered after 3rd period She wanted to pick names He wanted to hang up She remembers their second first date He remembers how nice she was This could really work please kiss me goodnight We'll see how this goes please don't kiss me The doctors say the shadow on the ultra sound could be nothing What if the thing on the picture is something She prays for the health of Amelia He begs God to do something about this They have such a bright future ahead He had such a bright future ahead She goes to Goodwill for maternity clothes He rings her up at the cash register with a kiss She remembers buying baby clothes at the mall He remembers how cute the onesies were She sees him smile Amelia...good name She's due next week He packs his cleats to make room for the crib She packs to move into his house His dad packs for a motel She's still craving peanut butter He's still craving the waitress She ate peanut butter He ate the waitress She's in labour He's in traffic Hold my hand Ouch...Okay breathe honey...ouch There's no crying Nice, quiet baby Amelia's dead I'm not a father She cries into her shirt He leaves the hospital She cries into the onesies He returns the crib to Wal Mart She burns the ultra sound photos He grabs his cleats She gets a hair cut He quits his job She returns the diapers and shower gifts His new Myspace says “single” She shops for a prom dress The waitress finds out he's seventeen Her mom hugs her as she falls asleep His dad pats him on the back after wind sprints She can't stop starring at him during prom He wonders if she went to prom She writes Amelia in bubble letters on a piece of paper she hangs on her wall a reminder of what's important He buys a Costco pack of condoms and tacks one to the wall a reminder of what's important
A collection of poems by me is available on Amazon Where She Left Me - Michael DeVoe http://goo.gl/5x3Tae