Beginning a New Tomorrow

About a mother who has to start all over again because of the Dust Bowl.

My babay cries as I set her on her only blanket,

It's dry and old and covered with dirt from our last dust storm,

I feel saddness,

Only saddness,

When my baby cries,

I know I cannot afford her needs,

A car passes by,

and I smell the gasoline and exaust,

hear the engine roar like lions ready for a fight,

My car looks like a junkyard,

with the only things I have left,

Everything I will use to start a new life,

Heat of the sun warms my skin,

and it makes me feel weary,

For a moment I feel air,

only fresh air,

and it brings me hope of a new tomorrow,

Where I can leave everything behind,

All my worries,

and all my pain,

Then I remember,

I am an ant in a giant world where I have no control.

Reviews

[BelowABridge]

The entire time of dust bowl is depressing and sorrowful but they would have never gotten through it with out hope and wishings for their children to have better lives. I like this poem a lot and the last line is I think how so many people feel in this giant abysmal world around us, but having hope brings us to each new day.

[Delightfully Demented]

So true. Very few have control over anything. Perhaps it's defying the world and trying regardless that transforms that ant into something larger.

[Laura Ex]

the last line of this poem leaves a very powerful sentiment with the reader. it's like imminent sense confusion and fear is left because it's how everyone will feel at some point.

nice job. :]