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Lines of Sight
When you’re the youngest of the family
A midget next to all
You look up to everyone
As they walk proud and tall
But since you’re the youngest
They grow up before you do
One by one moving away
As you wait til you can too
First you let go of siblings
As they go away to college
Moving into dorms
In search of dreams and knowledge
Then you let go of parents
When you finally turn eighteen
Going out to conquer the world
As the new king or queen
Then come the weddings
When they find that special someone
You have to share your older brother
Since his new life has begun
Next are the funerals
When the older generations pass away
You live all alone now
With no one to share the day
By now you’re used to the loss
The pain and the sorrow
You forgot about the part
Where life gives a new tomorrow
Perhaps you’ve found your partner
Hope to start a family
Together you chase your dreams
To stars across the galaxy
Now as your children leave
Come back the pain and sorrow
You remember all the times you had
Although it seems an age ago
You realize now if you hadn’t lost them
Your parents, siblings, and kids
You wouldn’t know how much they meant to you
As life ebbs from your wrinkled eyelids
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The last two lines, I think, could flow a bit better. Maybe something like "You wouldn't know how much they meant/To you this dying day"?
But then again, "day" doesn't rhyme with "kids". Haha.
Aderes18:
Gosh so sorry, didn't mean to skip you! The fact that you compare me to Shel Silverstein is like WOW. I loved her poems when I was younger, not that I don't love them now. I've never heard of the Green Mile, is that a movie?
I really appreciat all of the comments and thanks for the support! :D
Raven:
I have some trouble with meter, it's like the bane of my existence really. :D It just always seems to get in the way of writing poetry.
Stargirl:
I can totally relate, I mean my family is quite small,but both my parent's families are huge. I have so many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews that I haven't even met half of them in my lifetime.
I do love it, and honestly, they don't seem like a lot to me, or my mother either :) It is pretty hard to get lonely. I think I've really matured faster than maybe I would have in a smaller family.
That sounds really hard. We had some old family friends with twelve kids, they were awesome :) Their parents got divorced a few years ago, though, that was awful.
First of all, this is a very great poem! It reminds me of Shel Silverstein, it's that great! You're extremely talented! :)
I can still relate to this poem even though I am the oldest child.
Everyone in my family is much older than me, on my father's side, my cousins are much older than me.
On my mother's side, there isn't many young people, everyone's from the Baby Boomer generation or older so I've always felt like the baby of the family!
And recently I've felt this sense of loss- I've always had an extremely close relationship with my uncle but he's about to get married and he's moving away(it's an extremely short distance but he's lived in one place my entire life so...)
But I seriously relate!
