Dear Mom Poem by janice etienne

Dear Mom

Rating: 4.5


Dear Mom,
I don't know what would make you happy
To let go of who i am and give you a better me
To make my flaws vanish in a second just for your reasons
And hide my mistakes, trying to be a perfect person
How you kill me with your degrading words
With anxiety and fear i give up, putting myself backwards
Why aren't i good enough?
Isn't me that you love?
Now i search for a place of acceptance, of comfort a place where i feel safe enough to be me
Creating my own world, my reality
Just to escape you and your standards of 'THE PERFECT', not the good
How you make me hate myself In your laws of motherhood
Please mom, just tell me it's 'ME' that you love
Even if am not everything you wish i was

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
DELETED NOW 23 April 2008

I never thought u could feel like that about ur mom....I feel like this w/ my father....

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Loyd C Taylor Sr 08 April 2008

Hello Janice. Your poem is touching and sad. I said a prayer for you. I would encouage you to talk in love to her. Read 'When People are Big and God is Small' a great book about knowing who you are and about proper guilt. I offer my poem 'The Anchor' and 'It's Yours' to encourage you. Blessings friend, LC

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Usha Pisharody 08 March 2008

Empathy here too. Well expressed, the longing to be acknowledged for what one is!

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Coreena Dejesus 08 March 2008

I can feel the emotion in this poem... i know how you feel Janice

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