M's Poetry
Helpless
My mom is in trouble
caught me by surprise, trying to recover
daggers to the heart
the price one has to pay
to be the daughter, the protector
the rescuer, the lecturer
treat her with kid gloves
what do I get in return?
all of her problems she tries to make mine
every time I think she has turned the corner
she is still there where I left her
still won't help herself
or her misery she creates
the happiness she takes
cutting her own throat, but she don't believe she will bleed
but she does and I can't stop the flow
now even for the life of me
so mad at myself because I can't somehow control it
it is out of my hands and I feel so helpless
all cried out I just don't have no tears left.
2003@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
caught me by surprise, trying to recover
daggers to the heart
the price one has to pay
to be the daughter, the protector
the rescuer, the lecturer
treat her with kid gloves
what do I get in return?
all of her problems she tries to make mine
every time I think she has turned the corner
she is still there where I left her
still won't help herself
or her misery she creates
the happiness she takes
cutting her own throat, but she don't believe she will bleed
but she does and I can't stop the flow
now even for the life of me
so mad at myself because I can't somehow control it
it is out of my hands and I feel so helpless
all cried out I just don't have no tears left.
2003@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
