I want to tell you

I'd love to just put everything out there, 

Tell you exactly what's been going on in my life. 

I wish I could trust you to not laugh at my feelings. 

I'm your little girl and your best friend all in one, 

Yet I still find myself hiding things from you. 

I try telling you I want to go back to my old ways, 

To turn down a bad path that will get me nowhere. 

But you don't take me seriously, 

It's to hard for you to hear so you tune it out. 

You're pushing me farther and farther away from you. 

I've started to feel as if I was just a burden to you. 

Someone you have to step up to the plate for, 

This illness wasn't anybodies choice, 

We both know this and you've taken such amazing care of me over the years, 

But now that I'm 25 I can't get past the fact that I'm just a burden on you. 

You could do so much more if I was capable of living on my own. 

I just want to tell you that whether I'm a burden or not, 

I thank you for being the best mother a girl could have. 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Beautiful words, so heartfelt for your mum. Your Mum will want the best for you and at 25, if you have an illness which makes you feel as though you are a burden, she will not feel that I assure you. Honesty is the best policy. I have heard some things from one of my dearest, that perhaps weren't to my liking, but I appreciated their honesty and it helped us to have a better understanding. I have a daughter of 46. She is still my child, and will always be.

Chris

[Serendipity Planet]

Your words are so powerful ,
Honest and real

[barleygirl]

WOW! WOW! And WOW! This is mind-blowing & original! I've never considered this point of view or saw anything that took such a situation into consideration! This shows such depth of human understanding, it makes me want to be a better person by writing about things that really matter. But I'll probably just keep writing funny poems. I'll let you do this kind of writing, becuz you do it so well. You had me totally hooked as I read & I can totally believe that a person in this situation would feel this way. You make it so real & so understandable. I hope this is not you speaking . . . but if it is, I'm proud of you for trying to be independent! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Emily]

Margie your reviews make my day. I've always doubted my writing but I feel like this site has opened me up to expressing my life through my writing