Where Were You Poem by Christen Jeanette Mcelvain

Where Were You?
where was you when i was one?
i look at these pictures and it seemed like fun
but little did i know my life had just begun
where were you when i was five?
i was starting to come alive
you didnt come see me or send me a birthday card
and every time you ran in and out my life i took it really hard.
where were you when i was 10?
i saw you every now and then
but every time you were here you said less and less.
and all u accomplish was more stressed.
when i was 15 i realized you were just a dream.
you totally disappeared
mom being a single mother did what she could
by my loneliness at home i misunderstood.
buy the time i was 19 i was a grown man.
mom needed help with bills so i did what i can
besides the guy on the corner sold me hope
then made me feel important when i needed it the most
he showed me a way to make fast money
and unlike you dad he never called me a dummy
but he was there so was the rest of his crew
and then i joined a gain it was the only love i knew
one thing led to another
deeper and deeper in trouble i fell
untill one day the pull of a trigger landed me right here in jail.
now i wish you were there!