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Dear Mother (Poem)

Dear Mother

by Lola.

dear mother, I wish you’d put that drink down. now I’m burdened with your responsibilities as you tumble around this vacant house.

dear mother, I wish you’d see my sister and I as equals. she’s not a bad person despite all she’s done.

dear mother, I wish you’d keep your promises. maybe they never meant anything to you, but they found meaning in me.

dear mother, I wish you could feel this pain, that despite all my love for you, I also feel somewhat disappointed.

dear mother, I wish you could understand that burdens aren’t meant to be placed on your 16-year old’s shoulders.

dear mother, I wish you would wise up some, and understand my feelings toward those desensitizing bottles.

dear mother, I wish you knew just how grown up I am. I’m not like my sister. I can make my own choices.

dear mother, I wish I could tell you how much I love you, but I’m too cold to be honest with you.

dear mother, I wish these tears weren’t falling, because I know you’re my hero, and I hate to see you falling.

dear mother, I wish I didnt bottle things up around you, because maybe I’d be a better daughter if I was able to admit that I was.

So what do you think?

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Answer #1

speechless

are you okkay ? it seems yoo have a bit of a glitch in yoor life but whers yoor dad yoo didnt write anything about him ?

Answer #2

wow. thats really amazing. seems like it came from deep down. thats always good.

Answer #3

I hear your pain honey. I am 40 and just lost my mother to the grave. I have spent my whole life trying to get her to admit/appologise for things she put us through but to no avail. My elder brother was always her favourite and will nott her the truth from me or our younger brother. My father only admitted yesterday that he had a slight glimpse of some problem when I was 4! I wrote a poem for her yesterday lunchtime. I wanted to send my brother something to read on our behalf at her funeral tomorrow but this is what came out. Remembering Our mother (15-3-1947 - 15-12 2009) I miss my mother

I always wanted my mother to be my best friend, as all young girls do, but She never got that So I never got that I always wanted her to be pleased with me, but She never got that So I never got that I always wanted her to be pleased with my efforts, but She never got that So I never got that I always wanted her to be pleased with my life choices, but She never got that So I never got that I always wanted her to be pleased with my children, but She never got that So I never got that I always wanted to make her see me, but She never got that So I never got that I always wanted to make her proud of me, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to hold me close and tell me she loved me, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to show me the right thing to do, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to keep me safe, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to understand me, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to reassure me, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to watch over me, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to treasure me all through the years, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to be generous, always, in helping her family, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to put our needs above all, but She never got that So we never got that

I wanted her to be compassionate, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to teach me her wisdom, but She never got that So I never got that I wanted her to teach me her skill, but She never got that So I never got that In my heart is that one special corner which only a mother can fill, but She never got that So I never got that

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