Darling Daughter

Darling Daughter

Reflecting...

The day she

was born

the perfect name?

We were torn

Ribbons

and lace

with an

angel’s face

sugar and spice

and everything nice...

OH REALLY?

Fast forward

threw the "tweens"

right into the

terrible teens!

The make-up

and hair

the fashion

despair

hormones and

mood swings

PMS and other

fun things

the looks and

the attitude

not an ounce

of gratitude

boyfriends

and curfew

doing things

they shouldn’t do

piercings and

tattoos on their bum

revealing clothes

her friends have some

 

school projects

and finals

my sanity

spirals

dear, oh dear

the Senior year

so full of cheer

graduation pictures

and supplies

watch how the

money flies

Senior skip day

and the alibi’s

Then comes the day

she walks across the stage

when the chaos is done

made it threw the first one...

Sandra Ferrara Gentry 2007

Reviews

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

I did enjoy!
It makes me feel good and it is comical in ways but so loving and so worth all the 'bad things' lol
I love this .. and so glad she made it through graduation..this is one for her to keep for her children to read should she have any.. love it , Sandra:)

Chloe
xoxo

[Phill Oz O'fee]

I'll just have to take your word for it! Given the boldness of the text and foreboding within this prophetic writing, it can only assumed, a poignant parental message is at the heart of it all!

Interesting and reflective piece!

God's Blessing
Phillozofee

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

I remember those days, with 3 teenage daughters and 1 son. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[Laura Sparkle]

hehe. yep, thats how it goes allright. Great job!

[R J Askew]

I have a 16 year old daughter. Been lucky ... so far! Read your piece with keen interest. By the way when you say 'stage' at the end you didn't mean a real stage did you? or just the stage of life she gone through?

[Tania Leigh]

I love it! My stepdaughter is 16, and I can relate to a lot of this, as can others, I'm sure.

Awesome flow and rhythm to this, Sandra!

[John Stussy]

Wow, no I don't have a kid lol but this seems pretty interesting from the parents' perspective.

[Tamme]

My daughter is six and everyone tells me she is just like me... Which has be especially dreading the teen age year as I was less then a model daughter. This had me laughing and made me call my mother to read it to. Thanks for sharing.

[Imperfection]

I don't have children but at times, I do wonder how my mother must've gone through what she went through with me.

Your poem brought in a flood of memories - ranging from difficult times to fun times.

Thanks for that.

[Spirit <White Wolf&g..]

ow what a poem! its extatic! to true too! for most teen daughers lol.