Sadie and Maud

Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine toothed comb.

She didn't leave a tangle in
Her comb found every strand.
Sadie was one of the livingest chicks
In all the land.

Sadie bore two babies
Under her maiden name.
Maud and Ma and Papa
Nearly died of shame.

When Sadie said her last so-long
Her girls struck out from home.
(Sadie left as heritage
Her fine-toothed comb.)

Maud, who went to college,
Is a thin brown mouse.
She is living all alone
In this old house.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Picture Poem

All a baby really needs is their parents.
To teach them, to feed them, to watch them grow.
But what happens when one becomes independent?

"You're not a baby anymore, you can do that on your own."
It went from walkers, to walking alone.
Picking me up, to putting me down.

Daddys little girl? Eh not so much.
18 years later:
Living in the same house,
surrounded by different people.

But some things never change.
I will forever remain the same.
Because you sculpted me.

Reflection

"How have you changed since the beginning of the year?"  When I first started answering this I thought I havent changed until I really started to think about it. My personality overall hasn't really changed except for a few things.  I learned what it's like to be 100% independent.  Since I got a job in February, my mom decided it would be a grand idea to stop supporting me financially.  I used to go to her for money for whatever I needed but now her response is always "you got paid, so go get what you need." I guess that formed a small "chip on my shoulder" and now I feel some sort of resentment towards her because of that.  It hurts.  However, I noticed I became more determined.  I've always had ambition, but now it just got greater.  I'm doubted alot by my mom but that doesn't discourage me.  I love that about my personality because I know others let that get to them.  I'm also very motivated now, where as in september I wasnt.  Before writing this I thought I didnt change, but now I realized I have, for the better.