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Mother May I

May 13, 2009
By Emmalee SILVER, Rayville, Louisiana
Emmalee SILVER, Rayville, Louisiana
9 articles 14 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon


Oh mother may I
get by with my best?
Every time I try,
I am seen as less.

Oh mother may I
run from things as these?
Every tear, every lie,
everything you scream at me.

Oh mother may I
comment on your ways?
Their contradiction to mine,
the problems they create.

Oh mother may I
speak of thoughts kept in?
Rehearsed words, fake smiles,
my patience stretched so thin.

Oh mother may I
find strength to thank you
for the life you've given me,
all the things you do?

Oh mother may I,
do this on my own,
tell you where my heart lies
before every part is gone?

I can only prove so much.
I can only try so hard.
Sometimes it's just enough
before my dreams fall too far.

So please mother may I
choose my own love,
waste my own time,
my decision to become.


The author's comments:
My mother is a wonderful individual. However, I am a teenager, and teenagers get angry. Everything in this I meant. It's not my best, but it is important to me.

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Emmalee SILVER said...
on May. 4 2010 at 8:28 am
Emmalee SILVER, Rayville, Louisiana
9 articles 14 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon

Thank you very much. It means a lot to receive compliments about my writing.

on Apr. 21 2010 at 4:08 pm
emilyjoe DIAMOND, Algonquin, Illinois
51 articles 6 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection?" -Calvin & Hobbes

I really really like this. You are an outstanding writer. From what I read about you on your profile, you seem like a really neat person. Keep writing, girl. You've got it! (: