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Crystal
When you were born,
I was two,
And when you were two,
I left.
After that
every sunday
we went to the same place
a museam
first we'd get lunch
then we played,
remember?
I would help
you learn and grow
But you're twelve now
and I moved a year ago
to a place that
you've never heard of
to a place you aren't able to visit,
we've barely talked since
and though it's my fault
it's too hard to admit how hard it is to talk to you
But I still have questions,
burning
hurting
like fire
that
remain
unanswered.
Are you sad?
Are you mad?
Do you remember me?
you see the list goes on
A neverending series,
on a complicated cloud of white.
It's too painful to talk
so im sorry,
I'm sorry our mother left us
I'm sorry I left you,
I'm sorry im not there to help with bullies
or hug you when you miss mom
I had promised you I wouldn't abandon you
but I did, just like everyone else.

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I've had a very troubled childhood of neglect, and I went to live with my grandparents when I was about the age of four years old, but my sister stayed with my stepdad which was her dad. My story is also complicated and so since around 3rd grade I started making poems to help me sort out my feelings. I am currently also working with a therapist because I have PTSD, but poetry has really guided me and it's something I really enjoy. I hope people who read my poem will be moved or interested into telling their stories and sharing their ideas because every story is worth telling.