I was born a mistake.
my father forced himself
onto my mother
she wanted to abort me
he fought her to keep me
I was born a mistake
but I realized I would create
I play music
I create prose
I create poems
I create pictures on paper
Yet, I was born a mistake
Adults don’t want to take
a stake in me
I am a mistake in their eyes
My mother married a man
I was a mistake in his eyes
he abused my mother
and myself as well
I was born a mistake
yet I decided to create
art, prose, poems
and play music others make
My three younger siblings
seemed free spirited
my mother would make
sure they would create
My mother created a garden
My brother and sister
would help make it grow
our little brother crawled
and created dirt messes
they were not born a mistake
I have been feeling suicidal
I make mistakes
I am a mistake
My mother left the father
of my three siblings
I feel more relaxed
December 4, 2013
My mother offered
me pancakes
No thank you
Hey didn’t my baby brother
look just like Thomas the Engine
December 4, 2013
He was no longer a mistake,
he was gone at the age of 14.
along with his mother.
They were murdered
by her estranged husband,
the father of her
other three children.