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Hush Baby Girl

Spoken Word Poem

By Ann OnomiusPublished 7 years ago 1 min read

All I ever knew was my mom to be the devil

My grandma to be n angel saying

Hush Baby Girl

Mommy’s doin drugs, daddy’s unknown, brothers are bums

Grandmas loving me more than anyone possibly could singing

Hush Baby Girl

Flash forward eighteen years, regretting my grandma

Wishing mommy was around, wishing daddy was found, my brothers are role models

Dreaming of that day when my grandma held me and said

Hush Baby Girl

All I was ever told grandmas the devil, mommy is dead, daddy’s not real

My brothers to be thieves and stoners, but they countinue to say

Hush Baby Girl

Always left in last with tears chocking me, and all I can say is

Hush Babt Girl

All I ever believed, my past to be the devil, future to be an angel

With the dream that

One day I will be at the top of the world counting my money

Thanking grandma, with my husband holding a little one of our own singing

Hush Baby

But for now I will continue to listen to everyone singing

Hush Baby Girl

performance poetry

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