Mother Dearest

by

Sunnyone

Why couldn't you just love me?
I did my level best..
Worked twice as hard to prove myself..
Much harder than the rest..
I tried to be your perfect child..
A perfect little clone..
But you made sure I grew up,
Feeling perfectly alone....

So many times I've cried out loud..
And even though I'm grown..
When I think back to childhood days..
I still feel so alone..
You'll never know and never see
the damage from my youth..
A child rejected IS neglected..
That is child abuse!!

No, you never broke my bones..
You usually let me eat..
But hand me downs were all you'd give..
>From head down to my feet..
You made me walk to school when I
was really very sick..
I never told a soul,
If you found out, I'd get the stick....

I never asked you for your help..
You wouldn't have, anyway..
And even though you're getting old,
can't ask you to this day..
I really missed belonging to some
folks who loved each other..
And all these years, I've wished for
just a caring, loving Mother....

I know that I can't change the past,
or go back to that time..
And well I know that in that age,
neglect was not a crime..
To use a child to vent the hate,
just has no sane excuse..
It's time to join together..
We can stop this child abuse....

NEXT?
Why don't you look at TONIE AND GORDIE
by: Paul Curtis
from: Woking, England, UK

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