A/N:This poem came from a discussion I had with my family about teen pregnancy. I tried to get inside the life of a teen mother. I know that this is not how it always happens, but I chose for it to go this way. sorry if there are any mistakes. Please read it-my first posted original fiction on this site. Rating is to be safe.

Teenage Mother

Milky white legs
Slip over dirty orange sheets
Muscles twitch as mover descends
Down to the ground
Where feet touch warm green carpet
She stumbles
Shaky legs, not yet remembering
What it is like to walk and move
Slim, transparent hand clutches forehead
The dark room revolves around her
Everything is distorted and melting
Into each other
The books and shelves and dresser and bed
Shoes and clothes and makeup confused
Blend together abstractly, melding
Thoughts flood as memory fades

Memory of childhood
Growing up with two parents
Surrounded by friends
Comforted by pets
Oh those teenage years
Which have surrounded her
Changing her decisions
Making new beliefs turn true
What was once never thought of is addiction
Conversion of life, of truth, of thought
Different days show how fast things can change

As the atmosphere clears
The fog melts away
Revolting new memories enter the landscape
Decisions made thoughtlessly
Have brought her to this new reality
Things she was strictly against had been abandoned
Acts she had committed had turned to her eternal hatred
The want to go back, the need to turn around
All too late for her to change
She had taken this way and so it stayed

Her eyes stayed dry
Why cry now
It didn’t matter
There was nothing the tears could fix
It wasn’t her eyes which were infected
But her mind
Her messed up and contorted thoughts
Those which had brought her moment by moment
To this time and place which she couldn’t bear
But she did cause she must
Her child was all she had
She couldn’t leave her, not for all her mortal death
She stood her ground and continued to live

She was steady on foot
As she walked to the crib
She picked up her baby
And held her tight up close
She stared at the fingers
So small clutching tight to her hand
She looked at that face
So pure and full of new life
At her small little lips and cute little nose
Her precious little ears and head with gentle curls
Then at her eyes glowing dark brown surrounded by milky skin

The eyes of her lover
The one she had grown to know
She had given her trust to
Loved as no one else could
They would be together, she just knew
Female intuition which never could be wrong
She would always be with him
Their love was just that strong
She had promised to stay a virgin until she wore a ring
But her teenage mind took the direction
Which she decided to follow
And now that it was over
She couldn’t change a thing

Yes she had loved him
And when she was pregnant
He had still stayed
Until his teenage mind
Also had made a change
To follow that new hot cheerleader
The one who wasn’t fat with child
The beautiful blond with the tan skin
The best girl a guy could get
A girl who wouldn’t get pregnant
Who had the best mileage and legs

So as her love, the one her heart belonged to
Was free to move on
She was stuck here
In this hell hole of an apartment
No pets to comfort her pain
No friends to catch her fall
And no parents to love her
Only a child to be loved
And love her she did
As long and as much as love could stand
She worked for a measly salary
Having dropped out of high school
Just a month before graduation
Now both mum and dad
For a kid who should have both

Isn’t that always how the story goes
Shouldn’t this cycle end
Kids should have two parents
Mothers should have lovers
Who stay with them
For all eternity
But society doesn’t work that way
No one else cares
“She shouldn’t have gotten pregnant”
“Why’d she ever have sex”
“She could be at college”
“That boy was too good for her”
Now he is a success
Someday he’ll own a big company
And have a homemaker wife
And doesn’t pay a cent of child support
Because he said his lover was a whore
And why not believe him
He’s powerful and she’s not

She stares into her child’s face
And promises her love
Promises never to let her end up this way
“You’ll have a better life
My baby, my little beauty,
You’ll grow up strong and good
No boy will mess with you
My sweet, precious girl”
She brings her to her chest and rocks her back and forth
Singing the song her momma used to sing
Of pure joy and fresh hope
New beginnings with a great end

She lets out a sigh and begins a new day
To hell with the past
This is how it will be
Who needs a dad when you have a great mum
With all her strength and courage
To tell the world that she has forgiven
Her lover, mum and dad, friends, pets and child
And most importantly herself
Even though it has taken a long while
And as an ugly horizon fades
So begins the sunrise of a new and perfect day

A/N: This was a one shot poem. I hope you liked it. Now that you've read please review. Any and all reviews are greatly appreciated-I just want the truth-I love compliments and flamers as well. TTFN.