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My Mother Grew up With Me

January 22, 2015
By Ashesfalldown GOLD, Groveland, Massachusetts
Ashesfalldown GOLD, Groveland, Massachusetts
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"Imperfection is beauty... Madness is genius..." -Marilynn Monroe


My mother grew up broken.

A broken home, a broken heart.

She had a shattered world.

My mother grew up praying that her Daddy would stop.

Stop beating her, stop screaming.

She had a lonely childhood.

My mother grew up crying,

Crying for a mother's love, she couldn't recieve.

Her mother was too lost in her own mind.

My mother grew up on the streets.

Kicked out at seventeen with no where to go.

My mother grew up saying,

"I'll be better, I'll give my kids a better life than I had."

My mother grew up promising,

My Daddy would never hit her again.

She lied.

My mother grew up playing house,

with three kids she couldn't afford,

And a husband who spent all our money at the bar.

My mother grew up with me;

An 18 year old girl supporting the household.

Will I be like my mother too?


The author's comments:

I come from a broken home, with a  mom and dad, who although are still together, hate eachother.  I am the supporter of the household, making money for my family.  I do not hate her for it, but  I know my mother grew up in tough situation.


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on Jan. 26 2015 at 7:53 am
Ashesfalldown GOLD, Groveland, Massachusetts
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"Imperfection is beauty... Madness is genius..." -Marilynn Monroe

thank you! @ThePoeticJustice

on Jan. 23 2015 at 11:12 pm
ThePoeticJustice PLATINUM, Houston, Texas
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Hold fast and keep your head up high for life will pass right by you like a speeding bird if you don't acknowledge it- Charles Moorer III (me)

A home is the basis of all interpretations. Wow