Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Since You Were Very Small

I am aware of what you say of me
I know the same things every day
I hope that one day you will see
That you and me think the same way.

It takes one to know one
And I know because I've been there too
It doesn't make a difference only because
I have felt the same things you do too.

For some reason I can't explain
I feel what you feel
And I feel too your pain

I chalk it up to some psychic power
But it gives me nothing to wield
Except the weight of knowing
Your truth revealed.

I wish you could just give up
And know I adore you
And that you have finally grown up
And I have to help you.

To make you be all,
Be all you can be.
To have control and make a difference
And know with you,
you hold the key.

To know the way of the world,
And men and women and all their intents.
And keep your own flag unfurled
And your fortunes unspent.

Because you are my child
and carry my love
And all that I have taught you,
Even when push has come to shove.

You are my greatest hope
And I can't control you.
Even if you were bound by rope,
Good Lord ropes would not hold you.

I hope from me you learn the truth,
The truth about yourself.
That deep down inside is something.
There lies something more, a stubborn thing,
A thing you can't ignore.
And great things to this world
you will have the power to bring.

Whatever you call it
Or, from whomever you give credit for inheriting,
You are glad it's there
To pry, to whisper, and keep you aware.

That, despite yourself and how you feel,
you must keep on going and give your all.
At least that's what I hope and pray,
and that's all I have been doing
since you were very small.


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