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Topic: Adolescence/Teen Years (07/16/09)
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TITLE: Inquiring Mind | Previous Challenge Entry
By Verna Cole Mitchell
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ADD TO MY FAVORITES
To act responsibly,
But still I have to follow rules
My parents make for me?
Why is it when I try to show
Innate athletic grace,
I trip upon my growing feet
And fall upon my face?
Why is the stuff so very dull
We have to learn at school,
And why do all the other kids
Have parents that are cool?
Why should my parents call my room
A national disgrace,
When I’m the one who has to live
Inside this messy place?
Why do I fall in love so much
With first one, then the other,
Though it’s not real, just puppy love,
According to my mother?
Why do I try to please my peers
And seek the things they seek,
While wishing other people would
Consider me unique?
Why am I sometimes happy, and
Then right away, I’m sad?
Why don’t I say and do the things
I later wish I had?
Dad has the answer to my plight.
He says it’s of the essence;
I’m not an adult nor a child,
But live in adolescence.
He says it’s just a stage I’m in,
And I don’t have to love it.
It’s only temporary though;
He’s sure I’ll grow out of it,
And all the questions I have now,
The Dear Lord understands.
He’s loved me since before my birth
And holds me in His hands.
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Innate athletic grace,
I trip upon my growing feet
And fall upon my face?"
That line made me chuckle. As always, Verna, you've managed to write an entertaining poem with a message. Well done.
Mona
Now I want you to win BOB next time around!!! You go, girl!!
Loose nut behind my keyboard this morning. :)