Something New Poem by Margo Reid

I use to live by myself
Then things gotten out of hand
So I have to live with someone else
I used live with the father of my child, who used to be my man

This was a big mistake, you know
I live by his rule every single day
I couldn’t do anything, I was ready to go
He wanted me to do everything his way

Sometimes He’ll get mad
In front of our child, He calls me all sort of name
It always makes me feel sad,
Inside I will never be the same
I can’t believe this coming out of Madison’s dad
This is not the way I wanted to be
So fragile, weak, and so Isolated from my friends
In front of our daughter, He’ll raise his hands to me
I couldn’t let my daughter see this going on
I know then, she will act on this one day
I know I wasn’t doing anything wrong
I don’t want her to think hitting people is okay
So I pack up everything
I got enough courage to move out anyway

My parents took me in
They were happy we was here
Then daddy start to pray, “You were out their doing sin, ”
Your life is not okay my dear,
It’s time to put your Life in God’s hand,
Let your child look up on you,
A guy who raise his hands to you, Is not a man! ”
My self-esteem was so low
I sat inside the house for days
My life was a crazy misunderstanding show

I couldn’t let my daughter see what I was going through
It was time to act on it
Baby girl I guess it will be us two
Mommy will NOT take no more ****

My parents always listening to me
Since I always call people from home
My conversation always flies free
So I decided to treat myself to my very own cell phone