Reminiscence

Reminiscence

A Poem by Yashoda

See
All the people who knew you before
Always say one thing that makes my heart drop to the floor
It's that I have my father's honey brown eyes
Not that I despise it, but
It means as much as I want to forget it
I have such a constant reminder of it
And
When I think of you
I remember all the things you've done
Which makes me want to set foot and run
As far away as I could from the mirror
As if there has been some grave biological error
And I,
Did not,
Belong,
To you.
Not that it ever meant anything to you anyway
Then, matters were placed into the court's hands
And given preference you tightened your demands
Made us homeless for a week or two
We were given shelter by someone we barely even knew
You basked in all your glory when you got the outside woman in
But did you really give up your own sweat and blood to commit such a sin?
And you know
During the long school days
I knew when I got home there would be no you
It's was really hard to hear all the things that daddies' little girls said their daddies could do
One said hers could take care of the house and cook
The other said hers taught her to bait a hook
And mine? Gone.
Perhaps if I was not given life
Mummy would have one stomach less to suffice
And maybe if I was born blind
I would not have to witness you walking pinky in hand with another girl child
When I waited for you to come back all this time
What is this
Injustice
How could you just let this family
Fall...apart
Even though
I know you still don't have a heart of gold, let alone even made of stone
You see
Here I am using the media to reach out too
Because long salty tears and unanswered phone calls just don't do
Even after all these years I've gotten over it and stitched my heart anew
Nobody can say that I never reached out
At least I tried daddy.
But ...did you?

© 2015 Yashoda


Author's Note

Yashoda
One of my spoken word pieces..only performed this one once though. Probably my most emotional piece. Just to note that the structure, as in the lines and the way they flow, it's written the way I would perform it, as I mentioned, it's a spoken word. So I didn't think that it wasn't well laid out or anything, because that's how it was intended :)

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The emotion in this piece literally gave me goosebumps. Incredible written. Loved reading this poem. Those who do not make the effort to be apart of your life are not worth the sorrow. And even though I believe that to be true I know it must be tougher when that person is inherently supposed to be there for you. I hope writing that relieved some stress for you. Thank you for sharing!

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.




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This stings to the core - you manage to get the reader on the protagonist's side with unquestionable ease. This is amazing because we can feel as one, stumble and even long as one. Powerful thing you've strung up here!
Glad I stopped by.
~M.Babu~

Posted 8 Years Ago


A profound write, sad, pointed the last line was very impactful!

Posted 8 Years Ago


I almost wish I had no words. This was moving in a profound way, I loved every line of it. Thank you for sharing!

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

This is truly amazing. The way your emotions were painted on the page made that a piece to remember. Keep writing thing like this. I hope this writing helped you.

Posted 8 Years Ago


The way you have written it is beautiful. Its an emotional and deep poem. Though I have never gone through a similar situation, I could clearly understand your emotions.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

This is so moving, a lovely expression of the soul. I am so glad I got the opportunity to read this. This is a baring of the inner child and that is something a lot of people find hard to share. Beautiful piece of work. I read aloud and I think you are right it adds something to it.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

This is a heart wrenching piece. The flow and rythm is just right as a spoken piece. Excellent read,
very emotional yet shows strength especially the last line. I could see why you would only perform this once. It must have been amazing, I'll bet there was'nt a dry eye to be found after you were done.
Know this... You are not alone,
There are many families with hearts of stone...
Thank you for sharing
bill

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

I love the emotion you used in this, My hair raised on end! well done!

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Made me tear up. Beautifully written. Your strength is stunning, love and light to you on your journey!

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

I'm curious, when you read this do you read it as written? I ask because as you have it the first word is a sentence unto its self and the next sentence is not an extension of it, so I am not sure how you mean it to be read. An example: See. All the people who knew you before versus See all the people who knew you before. Your sentence structure takes much of the flow away as you have it posted, which is sad because this poem is so powerful and emotionally moving it is worthy of publishing. I give it four out of five Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Bear

8 Years Ago

I was lucky enough to spend time hanging around some LA coffee shops in the 60's and sadly some of t.. read more
Yashoda

8 Years Ago

You have no idea how much it really has.
Yashoda

8 Years Ago

it's something that's scarred on your heart, therefore it could never be lost. I've written tons of .. read more

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Yashoda

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