Shh. Close those little eyes
As I try to make sense of this life.
Lonely and afraid
Stress becomes a distraction.
Something anything to ease the pain.
Shh, Close the little eyes as I try to make sense of this life.
Trying to shield you from all my wrongs
Shh...
Now your eyes, please little one.
Words I speak, must be loud for your little ears
For every word you hang too with joy, maybe fear.
Trying to find relief wanting this to end.
My life...
Not to drag you through destruction.
A horrible mother,
Shh, now close your eyes little one
As I try to make sense of this life.
Every mistake I have made.
You absorb learning the norm. This becomes
How do I make this right?
Hush, now my little one shut those eyes.
As I take this pain from mine.
The struggle from ours.
Shield those ears as I have spared, my life to make happiness for yours.
About the Creator
Audie Edwards
I am an amateur writer, who loves to write poems.
I feel poetry is my only escape from reality. I love to play with the imagination a little and get Dark. We all have nightmares and fears
I just put mine to work in a beautifully written poem.
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Whispering Woods Challenge Winners
Congratulations to Morgan Christy Rickards for their winning Whispering Woods story, Guardian at the Gate. Morgan has been a Vocal creator since February 2021, and this is their first time placing in Challenge — well done, starting with a win! Guardian at the Gate draws evocatively from Welsh tales of the Cantre'r Gwaelod, a lost sunken kingdom between the forest and the sea. Heledd’s dangerous adventure pulls her towards the water but her spirit is anchored in the woods: Morgan’s writing is atmospheric and exciting.
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