Diamond Grace(Family Poem)

by Lauren Waszkiewicz   Jun 16, 2007


Diamond Grace
Such a pretty name,
Matching a beautiful face.
It's truly a shame,
that behind her name
is lies and hatred and disgrace.

Grace in itself is only a lie,
the surname of a family
that makes the world cry:
with a dead-beat father
and a drug addict mother.
No one pretends to bother
about the poor girl
or her younger brother.

She is divine,
just like her name
She should shine,
her lights in fame
Little girl should be a star
But her family won't let her go too far
Family business- sell their daughter's soul
Family business- turn her heart stone cold
Selling her innocence, she's an underground star
just a child, yet she's supporting them all.
With her dirty deeds, she's dug her self deep
every night with another man she sleeps
and with her little brother all day she weeps
and into the pillow case tears seep.
She sheds the tears, but hides her fears
from the only one for which she cares.
Already her little brother is forced
to go down this lonely course
with no sympathy nor remorse
a ride into a demon's lair
a broken path into nowhere,
where no body cares
or is ever there.

Little Diamond Grace:
With a pretty name,
to match a pretty face.
But now where her heart should lie
is only an blackened, empty space.

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  • 17 years ago

    by xo kisses xo

    Omg. thats really good. i love the rhythem to it. 5/5. this is beautiful. u did wonderful considering you haven't written in a month.

    xo kisses xo

  • 17 years ago

    by Espoirfailed

    A generally good poem. i think it was an unusual idea and a very well portrayed one. the majority of the poem was well worded and rhymed well.

    however i felt that some parts the rhyme was forced and rhymed for the sake of rhyming, eg

    She is divine, just like her name
    She should shine, her lights in fame

    that didn't really make sense to me. other than that well written. 4/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Nick who Plays Pool

    Wonderful poem, it shows great emotion in the telling of the story about a young girl and all the hardships she goes through. First off you created an excellent flow which was carried from beginning to end and kept its durability. The rhyme was a big part in creating the flow, you used the right words to let it rhyme and still sound go and stay along with the general theme of the poem. The ending was especially good and it ended off the poem quite well. Keep up the good work Lauren.

    Peace, Poetry & Power,

    Nick