He was my little buddy my little friend to play.
When nobody else cared about me. he showed up everyday.
We could play hide and seek and we could sneek a treat.
I was only six years old and I never knew his age.
He was always there to play. And hated being put in a cage.
I put him in a container. And he went nuts and tried to flip.
I would hide him in my jacket, when my mommy and I took a trip.
She never knew he was there cause he never made a sound.
And I could lose him pretty easy. But always knew he was around.
See my daddy always beat on me because he was a drunk.
Mommy had us hide alot, til daddy was passed out like a skunk.
Whenever mommy said that. We could come out of my room.
My friend ran faster than me, so I stopped him with a broom.
One day my daddy grabbed me, and through me on the floor.
My friend took off running and my daddy stomped on his head.
He started hitting me with his belt, my little friend laid dead.
Daddy yelled and cussed and told me that my friend was not a pet
He called him a cockroach, so I ran in my room and just set.
After daddy went to bed, I looked and found my little friend.
I held him in my hands and said wake up its ok, don't pretend.
But his little body that ran so fast, now he just laid there.
The next day I took him out back, dug a little hole with care.
And that day I planted my little friend into the ground.
But that day I grew into a little man, because I had a plan.
I would never kill anything, and I would never be a drunken man.

Its funny how the way your raised, Make YOU a stronger person.
Even if your raising wasn't worth a $hit.....

Beautiful.

aw so sad

(((((terry)))))



Thank you for the peek into your past...

amen brother

ahhhhhhhhhh

yea, my dad was an alcoholic... but, my mom left him before I was old enough to experience any of the crap...

So... I am grateful for that... but, it still left an impression just knowing what had happened in their lives (that family had told me as I was growing up... my mom never run him down... she's not like that......)

& I swore I'd never put up with a violent person in my life or someone with a drinking or drug problem... & I said I'd never drink or do anything else to excess....

I was involved with someone with a substance abuse problem (it started after we got together... just a little beer at first....) & I tried to help him & tried to get him to get help, but when he didn't, I moved on... We have a child together, so we still associate & he still hasn't gotten the help he needs to get...

I'd like to chat with you some more, I have a friend that lives up your way & I'm gonna be coming up that way mid May... maybe you'd like to meet her while I'm up there.... or me...

r

For YOU, I would open ALL my past....

Thank You.....And peeks are sometimes more than anyone wants to SEE,

I'd like to chat with you some more, I have a friend that lives up your way & I'm gonna be coming up that way mid May... maybe you'd like to meet her while I'm up there.... or me... libra, I take life and living one day at a time.
But I love meeting new friends ANYTIME,,,and Thank You...

Just just took a look into my heart Terry!
It was hard to read but VERY well written!

LIFE, brings ALL of us to WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

And the man NOW who I've became, is the man that GOD HAS MADE ME

Thank YOU for reading one small piece of WHAT showed me LIFE.

Wow, I really loved reading your poem. It touched me deeply. I could relate because my dad was an alcoholic. I used to hold much anger towards him. For me it was a toy road grader. When I was about the same age dad threw it into a brush fire. I took the road grader out of the fire and my right hand caught on fire. I had to forgive him because I found out that his dad was an alcoholic. Dad said I was too old to play with the yellow Tonka toy. It eventually scared me sober because I had to break the cycle of abuse. I found out that I was turning into what I always feared. It is amazing how things that happen when you are young have a dramatic effect on the rest of your life. I am glad you shared that.