My Mother
by
Roger Crique
(Age: 51)
copyright 01-25-2006
Age Rating: 13 to 127
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You came to this world to suffer.
Your childhood, a mere lonesome existence.
Amongst many you were none.
You did not exist. You were invisible. You were rebuked, abused mistreated,
embarrassed, manipulated, punished and soiled. Your siblings were many. But you were alone.
You were not of the same kind and I guess you had to pay the price.
Why must a child suffer the errors of their parents?
Why must a mother differentiate between one and the other?
For a child must grow in confidence and credence.
A child is loaned and not given.
In your eyes I see your travels.
I see the distance that you’ve traveled. I see the pain that churns within you.
I only wish I would’ve been there to console you, to lend you my shoulder,
when you needed me the most.
But I was none-existent, for you were just a child, afraid and alone.
You had to fight for everything worth-while.
Nothing came easy to you. Nothing was free.
And now as you relate your story,
I see in you the pain and the suffering.
You promised yourself to be different,
And not repeat the story.
For this I’m grateful and applaud you.
For it could’ve been easier for you to practice what they’d preached.
You have lived your life now, fully and wisely.
You have given us plenty and expected nothing in return.
But now your troubles surface; your anger to the surface floats.
The damage you withheld for long is imminent; your smile mixes with a frown.
Oh, how I wish I could’ve been there, to remedy this hypocrisy!
But all I can do is to listen and perhaps wipe away some tears.
Forget about the old days! They’re gone now, never to return.
We’re here! We stand with you, tall and proud. Till your dying days, we will never desert you.
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I read this again before realizing that I had already read it, but I'm glad I did because it is really wonderful. Your mother sounds like she was a real fighter, and needed to be to survive. Oh, and here's the points I promised.
A wonderful tribute to a strong woman who was able to overcome our past. Too many people live the life they were taught as children, creating a vicious circle. It's a very strong person who can see the mistakes of the past and make certain they are not passed down to their own children.
It is so rare when the child, even as an adult, can step back and see the parent as a whole person in their own right. To be able to see that your mother's past is part of her present and future thus making it also part of your present and future takes an unusual insight even for a writer. You pay her a special tribute with not only this poem but with your understanding for and admiration of the person she is in her entirety. I commend you for having been able to accept and allow her the right to at last fully grieve for her past. May she finally find the peace and comfort she so very much deserves.
This is a special homage to your mother and a few minor flaws in construction cannot detract from it in the least...Take care, Jean
The way you describe you mother sounds a lot like mine. She didn't really have an easy childhood either, but she tries her best to make our childhood( my sisters and I) happy. She knows how it is to want something but are not able to claim it. I feel guilty for being able to have things I need or want while she didn't. She deserves so much more than she has and I'd do anything to make her happy.
Wish i could be like that with my mother but i promised myself i would never be like her my son needs better than what she gave me....and how she treated me...but i'm glad your mother didnt "practice what they’d preached." Very good poem. Liked it alot
What a wonderful expression of love for your mother. It is so important to let persons know that it is okay to be who they are. That you understand and will be there for them.
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