My life by Courtney Skillman (ebook reader .TXT) 📕

Oh, Daddy

When you left I didn’t know you were gone.
When I saw you again you were with another.
She wasn’t anyone I knew.
But I asked mommy if she was my new mother.

Mommy lost her mind then.
She cried and drank herself away.
No matter how hard I tried for Mommy,
I couldn’t get you to stay.

I didn’t think much of your new brood.
She looked too old to be with you.
So I went along with the charade
Because I thought she’d be gone in a year or two.

But six years later you got married,
And didn’t say a word.
I figured out on Christmas,
A day that was supposed to be good.

I wept like mommy in my room,
Feeling so down,
And since then my face,
Has mostly held a frown.

To this day I still don’t why,
You did what you did,
But, you messed with my life,
Starting when I was a kid.

My treasures

Wind’s my element,
Fire is succulent,
Water makes the ocean worthwhile,
Earth always makes me smile.

I stand outside in fifty-mile winds,
The gusts comb through my hair,
I’m energized when I feel a storm coming,
I throw my arms up without any care.

I light candles with the orange flame,
The blaze warms you from winds blasts,
I love the fire’s heat, though,
I am terrified of a funeral pyre.

I swim in the cool water,
The liquid calms fires fury,
I relax from the waves motion,
Under me guppies scurry.

I touch the green leaves on a tree,
The flowers smells are so pleasant,
Even when the ground looks dead,
Earth isn’t something I can resent.

The earth holds water,
The water calms fire,
The fire warms the wind,
The wind is mine.

I love you

Mom I know you try,
To make my life all you want it to be,
You did a great job,
But there are things that need done by just me.

You made a great home,
Even though we had our bad times,
The best of times were amazing,
You always helped when I got stuck on rhymes.

You pushed me forward,
When I needed a shove,
And you always gave me,
Unconditional love.

I thank you,
For all the good in my life,
I forgive you,
For every time we had a strife.

I love you so much,
I just wanted you to know,
And I hope you say to that,
Ditto.

Publication Date: 08-19-2010

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