Christina Poem by Randy McClave

Christina was depressed coming out of the loo
She wasn’t the vibrant happy woman that I once knew 
She then looked up at me and then she cried
She said she was confused, because now she has a baby inside.

She said she tried to be a good girl and follow the rules
But her sister told her that her habits were for fools
So she drank and smoked and then she went wild
Now she has a headache and worries, and also with child.

Christina wanted a career and a family that was her plan
She wanted to be married and not just live with a man
A role model she wanted to be for her cousins and nieces
Now she thinks of her future and how it's slowly falling to pieces.

She wanted so much from her future and her life
Someday, one day she wanted to be a mother, but first a wife
She wanted so much not to be like her mom or her sister
Now she walks their road, with the same shame and blister.

Christina sat on my couch and then she began to weep
She thought of her reputation and how could she ever go to sleep
There is a baby inside of her and soon she will be a mother
She never expected it to happen to her, but always to another.

She pondered and pondered on what she should do or say
Her future and life is gone, she has chucked both of them away
Now her family and friends she will soon have to confront
She is no longer that sweet and innocent girl, she is now pregnant.

Randy L. McClave