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" MAMA WHY "
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January 15, 2008 - MAXINE46
 
MAMA YOU LEFT ME
ON THE STREETS TO DEFEAT
THE DEMONS ALONE

WITHOU T A HOME, ON MY OWN

AT THIRTEEN

MIS SING MEALS IN BETWEEN

WITH NO SHELTER AND, NO GREEN

HOW COULD YOU BE SO MEAN?

DO YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT ME?

DON'T YOU CARE WHETHER

I'M COULD OR BAD

KNOWING THAT YOU HAD THE CHANCE
TO MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES

BUT, YOU WENT WITH THE VOICES
IN YOUR HEAD INSTEAD

THAT TOLD YOU TO GO

EVEN THOUGH I SAID,

"MAMA NO!", DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY

STAY, ONE MORE NIGHT
I'LL HELP YOU FIGHT

ALL THE DEMONS INSIGHT

BUT, YOU CHOSE THEIRS OVER MINE

THOUGHT IT WASN'T YOUR TIME

TO BE STUCK WITH A CHILD

BECAUS E, IT WOULD CRAMP YOUR STYLE

AND, YOU COULDN'T GET HIGH

YOU THOUGHT THAT I

WAS THE REASON WHY
AND,

MAD E ME TO BLAME

THAT YOU CHOSE THIS GAME

YOU DECIDED TO PLAY

ALL THE WAY

THROUGH MOTHERHOOD.


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TJ02013 - 06/29/2008
You're a awesome writer!
The pain I feel in this poem is so intense! Keep writing your great!!!
MAXINE46 - 07/01/2008
THANKS TIMOTHY,

I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS.
 
 
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