I am deeply disturbed by my son's poetry. What should I do?!
Question: I am deeply disturbed by my son's poetry!. What should I do!?
As of recently, my 16 year old son shows little interest in talking to me, and he often doesn't want to attend church!. He spends more time with his friends than he used to!. I do not approve of his friends or the music he listens to, and he doesn't seen to care what I think, and that worries me deeply!.
Today when I was going through his room while he was at a church youth group meeting, I unfortunately discovered a notebook full of his writings!. And when I was going through his account on the computer, I discovered even more disturbing poetry!.
I am very concerned by this!. Why would he ever think, much less write such sinful and disturbing things, instead of glorifying God in his writings!?
I am almost scared to talk to him about these things now!. How should I appraoch this!? Should I seek out professional help for him!?
Below are some of his writings that are free of horrible profanities!. Judging by these, what do you think could be wrong to be making him behave in such a way!?
1:
Sweet baby brother,
A napalm sunrise in coming,
It'll burn the sun black;
Bleed the moon dry,
You'll have to leave your world behind,
You don't need all the pretty things that pull you down,
The weight of the world is merely a pawn,
Let them all drown in your newfound salvation,
If you take my hand with all the strength in your feeble limbs,
I'll promise you a safe place to call your own,
You said you want this as much as I do,
So take it and don't look back,
Children dancing among the flames,
Hand in hand as our flesh melts away,
Sing from inside when you've got nothing left,
I won't dare let you out of my sight,
Of all the nights we've spoken in dreams,
You've earned my unconditional trust,
Meet me by the shore where the silver sea shines,
Follow me to our underground city!.
Bid farewell the the person the world made you,
When we are nothing we'll become pure,
2:
You speak softly in a child
Answers:
Today when I was going through his room while he was at a church youth group meeting, I unfortunately discovered a notebook full of his writings!. And when I was going through his account on the computer, I discovered even more disturbing poetry!.
I am very concerned by this!. Why would he ever think, much less write such sinful and disturbing things, instead of glorifying God in his writings!?
I am almost scared to talk to him about these things now!. How should I appraoch this!? Should I seek out professional help for him!?
Below are some of his writings that are free of horrible profanities!. Judging by these, what do you think could be wrong to be making him behave in such a way!?
1:
Sweet baby brother,
A napalm sunrise in coming,
It'll burn the sun black;
Bleed the moon dry,
You'll have to leave your world behind,
You don't need all the pretty things that pull you down,
The weight of the world is merely a pawn,
Let them all drown in your newfound salvation,
If you take my hand with all the strength in your feeble limbs,
I'll promise you a safe place to call your own,
You said you want this as much as I do,
So take it and don't look back,
Children dancing among the flames,
Hand in hand as our flesh melts away,
Sing from inside when you've got nothing left,
I won't dare let you out of my sight,
Of all the nights we've spoken in dreams,
You've earned my unconditional trust,
Meet me by the shore where the silver sea shines,
Follow me to our underground city!.
Bid farewell the the person the world made you,
When we are nothing we'll become pure,
2:
You speak softly in a child
Answers:
Honestly, I wouldn't be worried!.
At his age I also used poetry and short story writing as a way to let out and handle emotions that I didn't quite know how to express - anger, sadness, frustration with school and the cliques in it, and of course, puppy love!.
Your son (who has an incredible command of the English language for his age, his imagery is so realistic that it touched all five of my senses) seems to be expressing a lot of the same things I did!.!.!. of course these are my interpretations, but!.!.!.
The first poem, while at a casual glance may seem "scary" or "disturbing" with its talk of napalm sunrises and melting flesh, is neither!. The overall idea of the poem seems to be a rejection of earthly, material things
"You'll have to leave your world behind,
You don't need all the pretty things that pull you down,
The weight of the world is merely a pawn,
Let them all drown in your newfound salvation"
and from the beginning address to "sweet baby brother", and the references to other people in "children dancing" and the refusal to "let you out of my sight" it sounds like the poem is his way of saying (to himself, from a "first person omnipotent" point of view; or an explanation to another from his point of view) that although other people may be blinded by all the shallow, physical things around them, your son is not and has hope that others won't be too!. It's a common sentiment for that age, when kids are dealing with the shallow clique-ish-ness of high school!. He's saying "look at me for who I am on the inside, not the outside, and I will show you the same respect and look at you the same way!. Then we, together, will overcome the people too blind and trapped to do so!." Overall the poem is full of hope, and although some of the imagery may seem violent, I'm sure some of the feelings that inspired him to write the poem were strong feelings, so he used strong imagery to express them!.
And for another type of imagery, I'm sure the third poem would look scary at a casual glance, why it uses the word "dead", talks about drilling a hole in his head (and has "mother" right after that), and then says "i never existed at all"!. But, again, your son uses such vivid imagery and (extreme seeming - to you!? - but not to him, because these emotions are strong and even stronger for a teenager, remember!?), that I'd bet anything the poem means this:
Frustration!.
"Sitting on the cold tile floor, trapped in a continuous headrush,
Lulled in and out of consciousness by the coffeemaker
At his age I also used poetry and short story writing as a way to let out and handle emotions that I didn't quite know how to express - anger, sadness, frustration with school and the cliques in it, and of course, puppy love!.
Your son (who has an incredible command of the English language for his age, his imagery is so realistic that it touched all five of my senses) seems to be expressing a lot of the same things I did!.!.!. of course these are my interpretations, but!.!.!.
The first poem, while at a casual glance may seem "scary" or "disturbing" with its talk of napalm sunrises and melting flesh, is neither!. The overall idea of the poem seems to be a rejection of earthly, material things
"You'll have to leave your world behind,
You don't need all the pretty things that pull you down,
The weight of the world is merely a pawn,
Let them all drown in your newfound salvation"
and from the beginning address to "sweet baby brother", and the references to other people in "children dancing" and the refusal to "let you out of my sight" it sounds like the poem is his way of saying (to himself, from a "first person omnipotent" point of view; or an explanation to another from his point of view) that although other people may be blinded by all the shallow, physical things around them, your son is not and has hope that others won't be too!. It's a common sentiment for that age, when kids are dealing with the shallow clique-ish-ness of high school!. He's saying "look at me for who I am on the inside, not the outside, and I will show you the same respect and look at you the same way!. Then we, together, will overcome the people too blind and trapped to do so!." Overall the poem is full of hope, and although some of the imagery may seem violent, I'm sure some of the feelings that inspired him to write the poem were strong feelings, so he used strong imagery to express them!.
And for another type of imagery, I'm sure the third poem would look scary at a casual glance, why it uses the word "dead", talks about drilling a hole in his head (and has "mother" right after that), and then says "i never existed at all"!. But, again, your son uses such vivid imagery and (extreme seeming - to you!? - but not to him, because these emotions are strong and even stronger for a teenager, remember!?), that I'd bet anything the poem means this:
Frustration!.
"Sitting on the cold tile floor, trapped in a continuous headrush,
Lulled in and out of consciousness by the coffeemaker
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