For my loved ones | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. For my loved ones

For my loved ones

June 13, 2014
By IrishTurtle GOLD, South Plainfield, New Jersey
More by this author
IrishTurtle GOLD, South Plainfield, New Jersey
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.&rdquo; Ernest Hemingway<br /> I also like<br /> &quot;Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself

View profile

Don’t cry at graduation.
You’ve raised me strong.
Everyone will be telling me,
“Congratulations!”
but you deserve that.
You’ve done so much more
than pass high school.
Without you who knows
where I’d be now.
maybe I’d hang around
in some back alley
or in one of those
school shootings on TV
I’d probably have my
own personal spot at
our local cemetery
But thanks to you
I’m off to college now
I’ll happily let you
tell me what to pack
just promise me one thing
Don’t ever look back.

© Ruth C., Pleasanton, TX

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Alone
By bitty09 SILVER
Claymont, Delaware
bitty09 SILVER, Claymont, Delaware
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Never The Same
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
I hate splash water on the lack of there-forth
By Anonymous
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Ending
By OurFrost GOLD
Galt, California
OurFrost GOLD, Galt, California
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Backyard
By CarlyG GOLD
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
CarlyG GOLD, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.&quot; H. Jackson Brown Jr.

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.