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Free_Spirit07
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0 posted 2007-03-28 07:16 AM


Hello again everyone, yes it's me from way back, when? lol My mate was having some 'family' problems so I rewrote a poem I wrote for my mum a while back and came out with this.

MUM

Ever done something you regret?
Ever said something that you never meant?
Ever wanted to turn back time?


But you finally find that its too late now i'ts all been said and done
The one thing I knew should never have been thought about let alone done
The thing that right now I would do anything in the world to take back
The things I said and did to you mum, the biggest things I regret


We were playing a game
Our hearts against the love
Every dice you rolled
Every sneaky move you made
Hit me in the face
It got under my skin and made me hurt and feel so mad
Made me feel like I was living in so much sin
That I was worth absolutely nothing
That I wasn't good enough
That I was disappointing you
I just wanted and needed to win

Every time I rolled the dice
I was doing the same to you
We didn't realize - we didn't notice
We were blind - couldn't see what was in front of our eyes


We both already lost
We both let those stupid things get in the way of our love
All those years were lost
All them tears were the cost
The times I pushed you away
When really I just wanted you to stay
All them things I called you
All those horrible names


And im back where I started
Back at the stupid things I have said and done
Not till now have I realized that not waking up to you in the morning could be the hardest thing to do
The hardest thing to go through


The tears I shed won't speak the words running through my head
I'm sorry mum I never meant a word of it
It won't help me to tell you that im sorry
Not that that would mean a thing after what I did
Not after all the nasty words I said
There was no meaning of what I done -no, not one
And it was the dumbest thing I could have ever done
All the things and people you compared me against
All those remarks that you said
Slashed my heart
Torn it into bits

I look back at most of these things
And see how stupid, small and petty they are
But it doesn't seem to change me
The next thing you say still haunts and frustrates me
The things I do the things that hurt me
Are the same things I am doing to you
The same things are hurting you too


We forgot - though we knew deep inside
That we loved each other
We showed our love through our fights

I don't want you to change
I don't want you to fit in to my expectations
I love you for who you are
My mother
My own flesh and blood


The game's finished
We collected the get out of jail free card
We both landed on the broken heart
We both shed the tears
And still fear the fears
But no matter what happens from now on
I love you - I love you mum!
p.s I am sure this needs SO much retouching and changes its not funny, but here you go....have any ideas? It's just a rough copy so yeah. Laters

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rhia_5779
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since 2006-06-09
Posts 1334
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1 posted 2007-03-28 03:57 PM


[ ]= add
MUM

Ever done something you regret?
Ever said something that you never meant?
Ever wanted to turn back time?
(add another line here maybe that rymes with time?

But you finally find that its too late now i'ts all been said and done
The one thing I knew should never have been thought about let alone done
**Try shortening both sentences and make them more concise*

The thing that right now I would do anything in the world to take back
The things I said and did to you mum, the biggest things I regret
(back and regret don't really rhyme just so you know and i would even out the syllable count here too)

We were playing a game
Our hearts against the love
(what do you mean hearts against the love, you mean
betting the hearts against the love?

Every dice you rolled
Every sneaky move you made
(sneaky is not very descsriptive, try a different word that shows more(

[It]  Hit me in the face
It got under my skin and made me hurt and feel so mad
*can you shorten that sentence? And what and how did it hit you in the face_

Made me feel like I was living in [with] much sin
That I was worth absolutely nothing
That I wasn't good enough

That I was disappointing you
I just wanted and needed to win
*how about
I just needed to win


Every time I rolled the dice
I was doing the same to you
*doing what? show describe.

We didn't realize - we didn't notice
We were blind - couldn't see what was in front of our eyes
*notice and eyes also don't rhyme just giving you heads up) blind does norm mean that you cant see. so I dont think you needed that bit.
you could do

We were not able to realize
see the truth before our eyes


We both already lost
We both let those stupid things get in the way of our love
you do not need both in the Second sentence , WE includes another and the reader assumes you (both) by the we..


All those years were lost
All them tears were the cost
(rephrase)

The times I pushed you away
When really I just wanted you to stay
*excellent setup and good point to be made

All them things I called you
THe   horrible names
(them?)  
why were they horrible?\

And I'm back where I started
at the stupid things I have said and done
*why were they stupid?

Not till now have I realized that not waking up to you in the morning could be the hardest thing to do
The hardest thing to go through

***Shorten if you can  the first sentence of this stanza set

The tears I shed won't speak the words running through my head
I'm sorry mum I never meant a word of it
It won't help me to tell you that im sorry

Not that that would mean a thing after what I did
Not after all the nasty words I said

There was no meaning of what I have done
*make next line*   -no, not one
And it was the dumbest thing I could have ever done
All the things and(DELETE AND AND THINGS) people you compared me against

the remarks  you said Slashed my heart
Tore it in bits

I look back at most of these things
And see how stupid,  and petty they are
*small means almost the same as petty in this case , pick a different word than stupid though stupid is used very often

But it doesn't seem to change me
The next thing you say still haunts and frustrates me
The things I do the things that hurt me
Are the same things I am doing to you
The same things are hurting you too


We forgot - though we knew deep inside
That we loved each other
We showed our love through our fights
*how

I don't want you to change
I don't want you to fit in to my expectations
I love you for who you are
My mother
My own flesh and blood


The game's finished
We collected the get out of jail free card
We both landed on the broken heart
We both shed the tears
And still fear the fears
But no matter what happens from now on
I love you - I love you mum!


If it won't change what did you mean to say by this poem not meaning to be mean but did you just want to state that you love your mom or what?

this has I think alot of potential

hunnie_girl
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2 posted 2007-03-31 12:59 PM


I agree with Rhia. A lot of potential in this poem. And I could look at everyline and know exactly how it is, been through all of it too. kinda sux don't it. anyway keep writing hope to read more soon...
hunnie

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