All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Peas Porridge Cold
I still have the nursery rhymes memorized
but also the domestic abuse hotline and
the suicide prevention hotline
I still want you to make me vanilla milk
when I can't sleep but
you're busy on Facebook with other people's families
And I still want you to pray with me
and sing Jesus loves you
and tuck the covers in up to my chin
but
I still remember counting with you
how many of the 10 commandments
I had broken that day
and thinking
how disappointed you were in me
and how disappointed god must be
I was too young to be calling myself unlovable
but I was
I've been trying to be an adult since I turned 10
and to be honest
Wee Willie Winky sounds like a perv
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 0 comments.