Lessons learned between mother and daughter |
Don’t Ask Why You say you wish you didn’t have to fight Every battle that was tossed your way. You enter every conversation, listening with distrustful ears, you hear what you want. You think life false-advertised. The glass, once full, Has sprung a leak. You fill your thoughts With disappointed cries. Everyone lies. You thought you earned a perfect life. But, you must have been surprised To find your life is not unlike the rest. You must protest. You shout and you cry, To your Creator, you ask why. Of your own daughter, you must try, To not ask why. “Why do they get it, when I don’t? Why Must I want what I can’t get? Why Am I given less than I expect? Why Must I need what they can’t give? Why Do I fear what I desire? Why Must I wait so long to get, what I deserve? Why Must I beg for each hug, for each caress? Why Must I fight off loneliness? Why Do I say what conflicts with my thoughts? Why Does disappointment fill my soul? Why, Should I accept a lower score? Why Do I fear that I might die, before I make my mark upon this World? Why Must the Great One cease to try, to answer why.“ I am your child, and I must say Don’t join each battle thrown your way Life was never ‘win or lose’, it’s more The way you live your days. The “why” you seek, You’ll never find. The world keeps secrets So you’ll strive, to find the magic in each soul. You have to learn to become whole. Do you trust what I have said? If so, Please know you’ve made your mark. You've Left a child upon this earth, who learned from you, that she’s enough, You loved her more than you could love yourself. You Are more than enough for my sons and me. So don’t ask why, just be there, mom. Just be. by SWPoet Dedicated to my "Type-A" mother who never let me doubt I could achieve anything I set my mind to achieve but who had to learn from her kid to choose her battles and leave some for others to fight. |