Growing Pains
I've been trying for so long
just to make you see;
that a lot of changes
have happened to me.
You hurt me deeply
when you were living inside.
Whenever you came
I only wanted to hide.
You seem to be trying
I can hear you cry.
I really want to help you
I'm not sure why.
I hope as we grow older
we will see the light.
Maybe we can learn
how to live and not fight.
About this poem
I wrote this in my late teens for my alcoholic absentee mother.
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Written on October 10, 1989
Submitted by Catandmon on May 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 366 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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