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Living in Debt : Modern Poetry

written by Poet : Trishia Ooi Leng Choo


Living In Debt

 

Live on to this day to tell

how mothers are so precious

more like gems

living in debt always

for the rest of my life

to my precious and angelic mom

whom I hate and despise at the beginning

 

a long time ago

being a 14-year-old adolescent

being rebellious and adamant

young, beautiful and attractive

yet naïve and very ignorant

being studious but foolish at times

mounting of uncertainties

of what I want and who I am

I always wonder what life is about

the purpose of my being here in this world

searching for my identity

in this cycle of life

among small circle of friends and peers

never cease wishing for a prince to appear

to wake me up and swept me away

to a far away land full of myths and imagination

where fairies and magic are for real

changing everything to my pleasure and contentment

 

I realized too late

blaming none but myself

being lost and in a huge mess

having met the wrong acquaintances

ran away from home

thought I could live a great life without her

instead lived a life full of wretch

in a furnace beseeching for passion and love

badly burned and battered by lover

pregnant and trying committing suicide

ended up in the ward

ran away again and landed in the streets

nearly raped by a gang of hooligans

screaming for help desperately

and there standing in front of me

I saw my mom with two policemen

the police caught those men

 

In tears she ran and hugged me so tightly

She had never stopped searching for me

took me in and forgave me

took great care of me till I gave birth to a beautiful boy

kept me safe from my lover

moved to a far away land

away from trauma and worries

 

Now, I am living a life in debt to her

for she never gives up on me

instead loves me dearly like a precious bud

now and in heaven

 

Written by TOLCHOO, 27th April 2007

 

Originally Posted On Site: 2007-04-27 11:42:37
Last Login: 04.22.11


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