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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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please dont anyone get mad at me for the ending i love my kids i do its just frustraing being 24 and father of three yuh i just tryin to work it out in soothin poetry I love my first son though he’s not my son Sometimes I feel I must tell everyone I love my daughter she's not my daughter Sometimes I wonder where my wife got her I love my youngest one by blood my son We all together can have so much fun They don’t know yet the halves and the have nots Though the day-care ladies share their own thoughts Tim isn’t like Tom and neither is Jill There’s a chance before the kids say it they will It’s true Tim were mine then I was sixteen To become a dad would be quite obscene So I’m quick to say I’m a stepfather But judgment is served so why do I bother My daughter’s tan does she stay in the sun Or is it that she’s a quarter Mexican What do people say when I’m walking away? Is he a fool that this long he has stayed Bitterness bitterness full of the hate I’m a little boy with too much on his plate Still they love me I’m the funniest dad I could be the best brother they ever had But I’m Walter then dad then I’m stepfather I love them they’ll change why do I bother |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Very powerful, my friend. Fatherhood must be very difficult at times, I would think. It's good that you work it out through your words. Keep up the great work. ------------------ *Krista Knutson* "If I could be an angel, I'd make your every wish come true. But I am only human, just a woman lovin' you..." Trisha Yearwood |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
It's hard enough to raise stepchildren, but as you are so young, it's must be harder still. You do a good job...I liked your poem, especially when you said your step kids are your son and daughter..shows you love them...  |
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~one voice~ Senior Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 664Billings, MT USA |
Walt, I somewhat understand how you feel... I watched my husband gain two children in less than a year. He adopted my daughter a month before my son was born. And like you, he is young... he's 23. Parenthood is a hard job, especially when young. And no one should be mad at what you right, I feel. Poetry is a wonderful way to deal with your feelings. ------------------ ~onevoice~ "She looked at her life like lines, never-ending, constantly forming, reforming and bending." |
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Dragoness Senior Member
since 1999-08-07
Posts 513 |
Fantastic Walt.You truly amaze me!  ------------------ Set you heart free and your mind will follow. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Children can be a heavy burden walt, however I know how well you take care of your kids. I also see that you make no distinctions between them, they are all *your* kids. I applaud that, some would create such a distinction much to their own loss and the children's sorrow. ------------------ Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings? DreamEvil© |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Wayoutwalt, It's not the youth but the maturity and you seem to be fairly mature. In fact the strength of youth is a plus. Enyoyed the read |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you guys i needed that |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
wayoutwalt, Your children will always know you love them, for you accept them all as they are. There may be hard times, but the wonderful times will win over the hardtimes by a long shot. Enjoy them as much as you can now, for if you blink, they'll be all grown. Loved your poem.  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
The All-American family, walt.... nice poem... |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Walt, I can empathize and sympathize with you on this one. Have had other children in my home and know the riggers that can cause. All I can say is Love them all you can - and they will always know it. It's always were the bother. Michael |
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