#parents poems on Hello Poetry

Gabbro 2d

“I need you close to me” said the porcupine
“I need space, I miss rabbit and fox” pled the squirrel
“Once I feel better you can leave”

“I’m lonely”
“Move closer, I’ll ease your isolation”
“Ok” Sting. Recoil.

“Why do you distance yourself from me?”
“Im sorry, it hurts”
“This is why you're in pain, you turn away from me”

“I just need a moment”
“Not until we're close”
“I’m bleeding, I need rabbits soft fur”

“Rabbit doesn't love you the way I do”
“Im anxious, I need fox’s kind words”
“Come near me, I will help you heal”

“Im worried about your spines”
“My spines? You think I have spines?”
“Don't you see them?”

“I don't know why you would say that to me,
I try so hard to be here for you”
“You're right, Im sorry”

Poem I wrote when I was much younger

#mom #parents #friends

Mariah 3d

Happy Others Day

Please, please, please
Help me get through today with ease
As a child
With a mother
Who thought me a disease

I hope she gets better.

#mother #mothers #parents #parental #neglect #abuse #alienation #degradation #humiliation #holiday

Emery Feine 4d

Black Hole

i am so tired of being yelled at
im tired of the screaming
im tired of the lying
im tired of the whining

i am in a black hole
and you take more and more
and you bend the sound
and you take my time

you have taken the one thing i cannot bring back

#blackhole #time #space #sound #take #friendship #screaming #parents #anger

Sanji-Paul Arvind Apr 30

My Daughter, From a Mother's View

Every child, a gift from god,
You my dear, a blessing, I am proud.
My precious one, my joy, my pride,
Forever by your side, I'll abide.

My world's shining light,
In your presence, my life is bright.
You are my dream, in the day,
A reality, every night I pray.

You're the pearl in my ocean,
A gem so rare, a treasure divine.
A fruit of my love,
A gift from the gods above.

So here's to you, my dear daughter,
With every breath, I'll hold you near.
In this bond, our love shall endure,
A bond so strong and pure.

By
Sanji-Paul Arvind

#mother #daughter #parents #love

minisha Apr 27

Wings of Despair

Buried beneath suffocating feathers,
little canary resented flight.
The unbearable weight of her wings
made her caress despondency.
She dared convey her plight
to her pretentiously affectionate birth-giver.
Expecting solace, she received a ******
as in she augered and died.

#nature #bird #poetry #poetscommunity #metaphor #parents #grief #pressure #trending #foryou

Imtiaz Ahmed Apr 24

Once

I tend to forget that my parents were children once.
That like me, they had goals and ambitions and dreams
far larger than themselves once.
That they too heard the oh so familiar,
“Get good grades, work hard and no relationships until
18” once.

I tend to forget that my parents were children once.
They too were bound by rules and regulations
that did not fit their expectations of their idea of
freedom and self preservation.

I tend to forget that my parents were children once.
That they too faced abuse, violence and
toxic environments that shaped them.
And like me, all they wanted was a way out
from the one place they called home.

I tend to forget that my parents were children once,
so before i go and get all belligerent,
and blame them for the trauma and depression,
I should remember that they too had their innocence
stripped from them and like me,

They were children once.

#trauma #parents #forgiveness

Thomas W Case Apr 16

Never Saw it Coming

Stick a knife in the dawn.
Twist the peonies
into puppets.
Put the goldfish on
the counter and feed
it cereal.
Mice cast shadows as
big as elephants on
the yellow walls of
my heart.
Dance a slow waltz with
the philodendron.
Dig up
Mozart
Bach, and
Wagner.
Make a chocolate cake.
Read me, TS Eliot, and
sing old hymns.

**** everything.
Mom and Dad have died.

Here's a link to my YouTube channel where I read from my recently published books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5NY8ZMx3I

www.thomaswcase.com

#death #parents #pain

Mariah Apr 15

Calling home

I want you to know
Why I don't call home

I wish I could express
But you'd rather I digest

You'll stop me every time
From saying what's on my mind

The worst part of that
You're happy with the fact

"No need to explain,
Just eat this cellophane!"

The silence on my end
The concert you regularly attend

The sweet sound of gone
Born from the shame you brought on

On purpose, by choice
You hate to hear my voice

You reject the things I say
You rather I decay

Didn't matter if they were true
When your perceptions skewed

No love lost
Nothing grows in frost

"Faster, faster, faster!
Die! Die! Die!

Shut up, shut up, shut up!
Don't look me in the eye!"

You suffocated me in time
Just so you could live your life
Without remaining in mine
Hoping
This time I won't survive.

#rejection #bpd #abandonment #resentment #rage #parents #failure #unspoken #neglect #hate

Alice Wilde Apr 12

Acceptance

I used to think I was an anxious child.

Now, I realize my parents
Could never accept my love.

#trauma #ptsd #sad #love #parents #accept #depression #dissociation #did #anxiety