17 Years Old

PHILLY DREAMER on Dec 26, 2011

When your 17 years old and pregnant life is hard, but if you don’t make the right decisions you doom your child to the same fate.

17 years old,

And already making big decisions.

Like how you gonna survive,

In this world of big fishin.

Everyone tryna hook you.

Tryna reel you in with that bait.

And all you tryna to do,

Is put food on you and your babies plate.

17 years old,

And already got a bun in the oven,

Mistaking a grown mans lust,

For real lovin.

So sad you didn’t learn

From momma’s big mistake,

You could of saved yourself,

From a world of heart ache.

17 years old,

And now your all on your own.

The wind is bitter cold,

And your hearts turning to stone.

Gotta make the right choice,

And solve life’s big mystery.

Otherwise your baby girl,

Is doomed to repeat history.

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Comments (16)

dazzlejazz on Dec 26, 2011
Great poem – sad but true, many do repeat history.
megamatt09 on Dec 26, 2011
Wonderful poetry.
CutezSoNia on Dec 26, 2011
Wonderful poem..
J. Anorue on Dec 26, 2011
good message to young girls
Anexis Denis on Dec 26, 2011
It is hard being a mom but doing it at 17 is even harder. Hopefully the cycle can be broken.
Suni51 on Dec 27, 2011
Thanks a lot. great share.
ittech on Dec 27, 2011
geat share thansk a lot for this
dablu on Dec 27, 2011
nice share,thanx
Sonnet Diva on Dec 27, 2011
thanks for fixing the link Forever, great write and so real
girishpuri on Dec 28, 2011
sad but true , deep
lonelyplanet on Dec 28, 2011
Fantastic poem.
ImKarn23 on Dec 28, 2011
this was nothing short of brilliant! deeper than it seems!
R K Vajpeyi on Dec 30, 2011
Sad!! But a lot of depth and breadth in the feelings it evokes!
Kristie Claar on Jan 3, 2012
I was young when I had children but not that young. I was out of school and had a career and a place of my own. But there are some things that I wish I would have done differently in my life. I do not want my children to follow the same path I have taken. Excellent poem my friend!
realityspeaks on Jan 5, 2012
At 17 the world is different, it seems that way
GoldenAsh on Apr 28, 2012
Very true.

Hi there!