Does It Ever Stop?

dedicated to my MOTHER...for she gave me the drive to go back and get my education and finally graduate...

Does it Ever Stop?

(Graduation Day at UMN with BA in Psychology)

 

 

I worked so hard to get there,

She thinks, but where was it she wanted to go?

As she remembers with love and care,

To a lost place of many years ago.

 

You can’t get back that, which is already over,

The years you missed being high,

All the things you loved and cherished,

Stay held in-check in the wake of a huge sigh.

 

Fresh like a new spring bares

That which you covet now; being straight,

For the recent memory of educated years,

And its family presented; it’s never too late!

 

All the work that you put in to get here

A place you thought you could never find,

Newly earned worth and respect

Is it really yours or a trick of the mind?

 

Now it is over, the grand GRADUATION behind,

Will you make it to the next place that you need,

Learning professionalism is not easy,

Like starting over planting a brand new seed.

 

Can you make it this time or will you fail,

Still do you think back on that life of abuse?

Of course you do and you fear it’s never over,

That is the plain and simple truth!

 

But you are stronger now and better equipped,

To make this next journey through

So if you are wondering if it will ever stop,

No matter when, it all comes down to you!

 

“I AM HERE! …  I MADE IT HAPPEN …I GRADUATED”

 

© LadyAnn Graham-Gilreath

May 13^th 2012

 

“Dedicated To: my  BELOVED MOTHER, MY BEST FRIEND AND HIGHEST SUPPORTER who gave me the courage and strength to get this far.”