Why Am I So Selfish? Poem by Mary Nagy
Why Am I So Selfish?
Why am I so selfish?
I should think more of her.
But instead of seeing what could be
I'm being so immature.
I know she's truly suffering.
That should be my main concern.
Yet all I seem to think about is...
''Will she ever learn? ''
Her lungs are black as tar.
She needs help just to breathe.
Hearing that she'll smoke again
makes me simply seethe.
She knows what she is doing.
She's not a little child.
I thought that only young people
did stuff that's dumb and wild.
Don't set aside the oxygen
so you can have a smoke.
You're dying right in front of me.
This pain is not a joke.
Whoever said the older are not vulnerable to intentional bad choices? And whoever said we are not entitled to being selfish in love? Mary, she made her choice and you will have to learn to live with it. You express your feelings beautifuly. I have recently gone back to smoking after having quit for seven years. I cant explain to myself, let alone others, why I have done that. My children ask me and I have nothing to say. Keep on writing dear.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 7:57:44 AM # 1.0.0.1119
like the poem.........