CRIES OF A YOUNG BOY
WITH CLOSE EYES AS TEARS RUNS FROM EAST TO WEST
WITH SOLEM VOICE NO MOTHER TO WEAN HER BREAST
I WANT TO SPEAK BUT NO VOICE
CRYING WAS NOT AN OPTION BUT A CHOICE
NO MOTHER TO DO THE LULLABY
CRYING WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD APPLY
WITH MY TEETH TREMBLING
WITH MY VOICE DABBLING
WITH MY MIND BAFFLING
AND I FELT MY SOUL BOGGLING
SOMETIMES I WANT TO STRETCH FORTH BUT I FELT SOMETHING IS HOLDING ME BACK
ALL I COULD FEEL WAS A CHAIN OF PLAQUE
NO JOKES TO BE CRACK
AS I SIT AND HEAR PEOPLE FLACK
CRYING WITH A FEARFUL TRILL JUST TO EASE MY PANG
WITH A BANG THE MORE I CLANG
AS DISTANT CRY WAS HEARD FROM A YOUNG BOY
About this poem
This poem is about my childhood days when growing up as a young boy. No love from my mother, father and not to talk about other relatives . My mom died the day she gave birth to me and that's the day that I can never forget which is my birthday (02/14/2004). No mother to do the lullaby and at night I want to speak but no voice, crying was my only choice I got. No one to show love or neither to crack the joke instead in watch how my neighbors and relatives flack. With all the pains and sadness i had to cry in which my cries were heard from a distant as a young boy. more »
Written on June 24, 2022
Submitted by Eldave on July 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CC DDDD EE EE FF X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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