I Can Tell You Poem by Janice M Pickett

Oh How I hear you complain
About how Life is doing you wrong
Life is so tough
and you deserve better
Tough Huh?
You got that wrong

Did you grow up
with a Mother who was
beaten by your dad?
Then hated you for still loving him
and told you that you were bad

Have you ever lost a child?
killed by another’s hand
been assaulted by a doctor
then moved to a foreign land

Have you ever tried to save your Mother?
being killed and left to die
With criminals who were stealing from her
and not caring as she cried

Have you ever been homeless?
as rain flooded you out
left without a home of your own
with fears and many doubts

Have you had to struggle on?
Without another close at hand
No-one there to hold you close
No-one to understand

Can you claim to have gone through
anything
oh man!
Can you tell me you know the feeling?
Well I’ll tell you now
I CAN.