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Look At Me

June 1, 2009
By Ginger Poteer BRONZE, Tropic, Utah
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Mommy, Daddy
Look at me,
Just look at me,
Look at what you've done to me

Daddy
Used to tell me
I was a
Princess

Mommy
Used to say
I would find my prince
Someday

You have corrupted my mind
Don't you see?

Daddy
Used to tell me he
Loved me
And so did
Mommy

But just
Look at me
Now

I lay here
In the cold damp
Earth

Do you love me now?

My breathing gone
My heart torn out
My cold dead body
Laying in the depths
Of the ground

I thought so!

Mommy, Daddy
Just
Look at me
Now

Can't you see what you did
To me?

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This article has 36 comments.

leaves said...
on Oct. 7 2011 at 9:09 am
This poem makes me actually feel the connection to the writer and their predicament. It reminds me of the tragedy that Romeo and Juliette had to endure. This person has been through allot, even when everyone gave up; they kept fighting. This poem is so deep that the intensity is so pure. I wish to hear more from this poet.
aftershock said...
on Sep. 28 2011 at 3:14 pm

This is a brave and inspiring poem that really hits home with the everyday issues that we just pass as normal. It says that there is hope, but we don't see it becouse were to busy paying attention to the little things and not noticing the big things. this is a true peice of art.

 

Ginger Ray said...
on May. 4 2011 at 10:33 am
I am extreamly happy to say that my new poem has been excepted to teen ink. The poem that has been excepted is called "Time". Thaank you for all of your suport and votes.
Ginger Ray said...
on Apr. 20 2011 at 9:57 am

I am very happy to tell you that I have submited in a new poem and hopefully it is chosen. It is called "Time".

Thank you everyone for voting and commenting on my poem "Look At Me".

Jolly Rancher said...
on Mar. 11 2011 at 10:39 am
I love your poem so much and I just can't wait to hear more from this mezmerizing poet. Your poetry is like fine art.
Ginger Ray said...
on Feb. 16 2011 at 11:36 am

Thanks for all of the support, and I am happy to say that I am going to send more poems in for people to enjoy.

P.S. the comments are very much appritiated. Thank you.

truckdriver said...
on Feb. 7 2011 at 10:18 am

I think that this poem really brings out the issues that are real and are happening right infront of us today.

This a true peice of work that makes people open there eyes to what is really going on around them, and think what they can d to change it all.

This is real art.

martha7 said...
on Jan. 11 2011 at 3:59 pm

This poem is a real piece of art, in fact I want to print it out and place it in a frame for my whole family to see.

This is a true butifull peice of art.

orange subrbirt said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 12:37 pm
I loved this poem, it really spoke to me. I would just love to hear more from this amazing poet.
hotrod said...
on Sep. 9 2010 at 3:54 pm
I fell in love with this peice of art. Its the best I have read yet, and I hope to here more from this talinted poet.
70 sheets said...
on Aug. 31 2010 at 12:18 pm
i loved it
Big Buns said...
on Mar. 23 2010 at 11:52 pm
This poem rocks! Keep up the good work and cannot wait to hear more from you!
Telly-Head said...
on Mar. 16 2010 at 2:13 pm
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved it :o) lol
GiGi said...
on Mar. 12 2010 at 11:08 am
This poem is the best! It has the right amount of sweet and the right amount of weird:) I love it!!!!!
Baker On Drury Lane said...
on Mar. 7 2010 at 2:10 pm
Fantastic creativity, keep up the good work, Ginger!
rosa said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 1:09 pm
the poems are my fav.
gingerbread said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 1:07 pm
I so <3 this poem!!!
happyme said...
on Sep. 15 2009 at 8:48 am
that was a great poem it makes you think about families. Keep up the good work.
Moomin said...
on Sep. 10 2009 at 2:51 pm
At first I wondered to myself, what have you lost? Faith in parents that can only raise you as best as they know how? Are you feeling that you were lied to, Santa does not exist, you have not yet met your Prince? I can honestly say that your poem has made me sincerley realise the pressures of teens in today's era. We raise our children as best as we know how to and hope to shelter them from harm all their lives. In today's sick society of increasing child abuse I did, upon first reading your poem feel it was reflective of that. Your peom is NOT disturbing , but to my mind enlightening. Tonight I am going to sit with my children , no TV and no distractions we are going to do what all parents should do, communicate with each other.

Congratulations on a very soul searching piece of work. I look forward to reading more from this taleneted author.
paolo said...
on Sep. 9 2009 at 12:29 am
Very nice poem!