Between You And God Poem by Marie WardAlonge

I don't know why you didn't show any interests in your child.
I remember her having big dreams with those lonely brown eyes.
You never once took her to see your world.
You just left her to be a lost little girl.

Oh, you gave your reasons why you were not there.
To a child who needed her mother's guidance and love,
She felt you just didn't care.

She had a good mind and therefore, she did well in school.
Sadness was in her heart and this sometimes ruled.
Striving to do her best as she became older,
She tried to warm up to you but you became colder.

Confining in me as she struggled with sleep,
No matter how she tries to love and forgive you,
Disappointment still creeps.
She remembers in your eyes sometimes watching madness run through.
She was afraid her children would be the same way too.

Trying to figure it out, she thought she was a good child.
She wasn't running wild.
You kept telling her goodbye.
In the rain, she would cry.

On her own, she weathered many stormy clouds.
She thought you would have been proud.
She wanted you to love her.
This, she believes, you never did discover.

As time continues to heal,
Life bends our strong will.
She told me forgiveness you asked.
As she pondered which act,
The answer was masked.

As they continue to have their say,
In her mind, she wondered why her mother treated her that way.
She knows a daughter needs to find her peace
And allow ill feelings to cease.

Nothing more for her to do,
She has to walk in her own shoes.
Still, early in the morning,
Sometimes, she wakes and sobs.
Knowing deep down, her time was robbed.

As the tears become dry,
She has to stop asking why.
And learn to accept,
This is between you and God.