Rose- poem

daily runs to the laundromat
kids run wild, peace does not exist
unprepared mother about whom others chat
kids wild with her husband who curls his fist

the times gone by of first meeting and dance
also were those of excitement and romance
a false cherrade of hope for a better life
paydays to paydays for canned ham by the slice

the bitten tongue as sore as her son
the husbands backhand became ever so strong
beer, smoke, and television, his idea of fun
boy stood up, and he lifted him up as if Donkey Kong

the wall he hit, broken was his bone
she punched his face and took the boy to the door
"Tell them he fell" as he was knocked off his throne
made it to the car and remember her girls on the floor

flames in the windows, shock in her veins
Jim through the door, gas can in hand
tripped him and beat him, wanting for him only pain
kicked down door, where flames danced in a band

saved the girls from the fire, and to the car came Jim
ran him over again and again
sirens and badges made there way through
taken were her children, the boy and the two

left with nothing of her old life except regret
drinks in Timmy's mostly alone
thinks she's a failure in every fret
no way to get her kids back, no way is shown

Miranda Over the Valley- downward spiral

These are scenes of Miranda's life after her abortion in which her life perspective spirals downward. She starts "going" with stray guys instead of her loving boyfriend, drinks heavily, smokes drugs, and lies to her best friend. She truly loses all that she was including her innocence.

important scenes

scene 1 (upper left)- this scene shows when rose and the speaker first meet. they first see each other from ends of the bar but rose progressively moves closer to him because of outside people moving in and out. this is where we see the story initially starts, after about 3 pages of other information.

scene 2 (upper right)- this scene shows when Jim throws roses son into the wall. on the left, you see the broken TV that rose threw a bottle through because Jim wouldn't do what rose told him to do. Jim was drunk and threw his son, usually he just busts him up but instead threw him. this is how the conflict ignites, literally.

scene 3 (lower left)- this is where we see rose finding the apartment on fire. when she saw the fire, she ran in to go get her 2 girls. on her way in she sees Jim holding a gas can. rose beats him up and then goes in the apartment to save her two girls. she throws a wet blanket over her two children. after this incident, social workers took rose's children away because they found her unfit as a mother. this leads to rose's unhappiness.

scene 4 (lower right)- this is the end. they leave to go their separate ways. they had an attraction and everything, but instead they left things to where they were. it seemed to start off as a love story, but just became a disappointment.

Drawing of Important Scene

Rose

In this picture, Rose is saving her children from the fire that her husband Jim started. This fire changed Rose's life because it made her realize how much she does love her children because before the fire she never showed that much love toward her children. I think the fire acted as a vehicle of grace becuase as I said before, the fire opened up her eyes and helped her to reazlie how much her children matter to her.

“Rose” Creative Response B

Write a scene in which you happen to run into the main character in the local Border’s Borders bookstore. You both grab a coffee/hot chocolate and you sit down to talk. Write a one and one half page dialogue of what is discussed.

Adam: Hi Rose. What are drinking there?

Rose: I’m sorry, but do I know you?

Adam: Yes, I’m Adam. You talked to me on the phone yesterday and agreed to talk to me about your husband and kids.

Rose: O yes, I forgot. Forgive me. I’m drinking an iced vanilla latte how about you?

Adam: I’m enjoying a nice hot chocolate. How are you doing Rose? I mean it must have been
difficult raising three children with an abusive husband.

Rose: It was indeed. However, I feel extremely responsible for my kid’s bad childhood. I let my husband abuse them day after day after day. I didn’t do a damn thing to stop him. I guess I felt relief when he abused them because I needed my own quiet time. You know. I was a bad mother and I feel horrible about the whole situation even now.

Adam: Rose, don’t be too harsh on yourself. You were caught up it a hopeless situation with almost no way of escaping. If you told the police your story, your husband would have started to abuse you and your kids.

Rose: I know. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have kids.

Adam: Why? I thought that they were a fulfilling part of your life.

Rose: Before I had them, things used to be different. My relationship with Jim was much stronger because of my ability to love him and rest well at nights. Jim didn’t even drink before we had the kids. Could you believe that! He was never angry and he certainly wasn’t abusive.

Adam: Wow! Life must have been great for you before you had those kids.

Rose: Yeah it was (sighing as she says this).

Adam: Rose, I need to talk to you about your melancholy attitude you have had over the past five years. I think that you should move on with life. And not to forget to mention, you saved your children. They no longer have to worry about an abusive father anymore. You gave them a second chance at a good life by saving them from the fire.

Rose: I can’t come to believe this. I mean it seems to be a redeeming act, but it is not. I can never ever forgive myself for allowing my children to be abused. They are sacred to this world and yet they were not treated with the love that they deserved. Do you think a mother who let their husband throw their child across a room should be forgiven or just forget about it? Do you honestly believe I am worthy of love after all this?

Adam: There is not one person in this world who is not worthy of love especially one who is loving but made some mistakes in life. You are a good person Rose. Don’t let anyone including yourself tell you otherwise.

Rose: I really appreciate your comforting me Adam. I am glad to have someone feel for me. It has been quite tuff on me since the murdering of my husband as you can tell.

Adam: No problem Rose. I am helping you get through this difficult time because I believe in you. I see strength in your character to persevere in life.

Rose: You know Adam, you are one of the kindest strangers I’ve every meet. I really appreciate all you have said to motivate me to persist. I will take what you have said to heart and try to move on with life. I know that I’ve been a bad mother, but I guess I am just human and humans make mistakes. I would really like to become your friend and maybe talk some more. I feel that this would be of great benefit to me.

Adam: I would love to see you again to talk with you. How about next week right here. Maybe I’ll try one of those iced vanilla lattes.

Rose: That would be great. I’ll see you then.

Adam: Good Bye Rose. I’ll keep you in my prayers.