I often wonder
what my parents were thinking
during the time I was conceived
I bear in mind
that they must`ve known
that my upbringing
was bound to be one
of deprivation,poverty
horror,war,hatred
and religious bigotry
I often wonder
if it had ever crossed their minds
that my five older siblings
had cried enough war on their pillows
Why did they have so many?
Why did they have some more?
They did
So five of us become six
then seven and eight,
a stillborn and a miscarriage
were the rotten eggs
Yet I am left to ponder
the meaning of my life,
the reason I am here
as if they ASSUMED I would know
Yet I am left to answer
the meaning of love
the reason it exists
as if they EXPECTED me to know
So when I remember
my Mummy and Daddy
through my deprived, bigoted
hate filled brain
all I can sense is my peace of mind
yet they still torture me
Rest In "MY" peace, Mummy and Daddy
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I have no idea where you're from but upon reading this poem, I don't know why but I envisioned the author to have grown up in Northern Ireland, possibly Londonderry. From my own perspective, your poem has a very strong religious element to it so I'm picturing you to have grown up there where the Catholics/Protestants are constantly at odds with each other. I feel like your poem is about the contradictions of the Catholic faith. They don't believe in contraception and therefore married couples tend to have many children. The reason being, intercourse is supposed to represent the coming together of two people to create another in the purest form of "love". And I feel like the question your poem raises is how can such a pure form of "love" create so much pain? That's what I took away from this, perhaps you had a totally different idea when you wrote it.
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Hey swagger,thank you very much,your comment is so accurate that you even got the city of my birth right,you have understood this poem perfectly
see you around
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haha I figured I was totally hit or miss with my understanding of it. I have Irish background and have been 5 times (family is from donegal) and I always found (london)derry to be one of the most intriguing cities I've ever visited. That's great writing on your part for me to have been able to get that same feeling and vibe that I had being there. For the record, my grandfather, from a devout Irish-Catholic family had 12 brothers and 1 sister
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It freaked me out when you mentioned my city,i figured you may have read a relatively old poem i wrote called L/Derry but i know now thats not the case..you are quite right,this place has a unique atmosphere..
The large family trend has definitely changed though, chiefly because the youth are less religious
bye
rhet
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