2005 🗓️
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The year is 2005
Prison Break was the top TV show
The hottest song of the year was We Belong Together by Mariah Carey
Shit, I know I may not look it, but I had just graduated from high school, 17
Started college the last week of August
A whole new world was about to unravel, my life really began to matter
In all honesty, My world was about to shatter
See my girlfriend at the time, wasn’t really present
Nor was she even pleasant. Yet just found out that she was pregnant
What am I gonna do? I was already taking care of my three younger siblings
They were 6 and 4. Yes I said three so two are twins.
And me being 17 I thought life was about to begin
Now I am confused, what am I to do?
Just last week randomly my mother scolded me about being too young to be a grandmother and she had no idea, I mean she wasn’t even Forty yet.
What am I gonna do? I just started college, Don't have a job yet
Would be younger than my mother when she had me
Looking back that would have been hard to see.
Now I am stressing, trying to figure out this progression
Asking my best friends for reflections
Help me in the right direction
Can I do this? She already stated she was going to keep it.
Said we didn't have long to keep this a secret
So now I am plotting and planning
Calculating how long until we have it?
My emotions became varied
Never contemplated having seeds
Then she told me she miscarried
We broke up not too longer after
Said I would distract her
So again my world shattered
Left to pick up the pieces
my kid would have been 19
Still never told my mother about this story
How could I tell her my life had shattered
How could I tell her my world unravelled, just as my life was about to matter
Just started college the last week of August
Shit, I may not look it, but I had just graduated high school, 17
Prison Break was the top TV show
The hottest song of the year was We Belong together by Mariah Carey
Still can’t listen to that damn song.
The year was 2005.
