It Was Only One Time Poem by Tammy Arthur

They say you’re pregnant
how can that be?

It was only one time.

I'm only sixteen
I'm still a child myself

They say you have nine months
to decide what to do

They say you must grow up now
too late to cry

What’s that I feel forming inside of me
a life beginning

This little person is counting on me
so much to decide

The day is here so much pain
so little time I cry it hurts

It’s you and me
I hold you close

You cry and smile up at me
we bond you’re mine forever

No more regrets nothing to decide
you’re mine until I die

It was only one time