A Letter to my Wild Child
Part 1 In case tomorrow never comes
Part 1 : A Hurtful Act
My Dearest Darling,
You should know me well enough by now to realize,
I have no tolerance for two types of acquaintances.
I CANNOT STAND-ARROGRANT ASSHOLES
AND IGNORANT DUMB ASSES.
Arrogance, Ignorance, and Indifference -
Profound Character Flaws of those lacking good judgment and good common sense.
They do not lack in intelligence, they just care not of consequence,
they harbor a stubbornness to dismiss without thoughtful consciousness.
Daughter you have wronged me again,
filling me full with frustration and pain
helpless to help you, my thoughts dwell to obsession
I need a number that will either stop this or lead to more questions
Don't want harm coming to you , never want you hurt,
I would stop pushing if I could be heard and assured
What I don't want is to piss you off
with a pointless demand, I want you to understand
It is my job to protect you, to think about the very worst.
Because a world without you is one in which I could not exist
and I know a world without me will be one you will regret.
I see you so little these days, I just need to know you are always safe
I need to know that you are just a phone call away
and before we hang up, there won't be anymore to say
except I love you no matter what's been asked or said
that's the very least I accept and expect-which leads me to this:
DO GOOD CHILDREN HANG UP ON MOTHERS THEY LOVE?
If I'm still a great mom, do I say nothing at all of this rude kind of share?
Blame it on your youthful immortality or you being too stoned to care?
I feel like I'm the one to blame for these bad manners
I couldn't be there for your growing up and when it really mattered
but this biproduct of an obvious unsupervised childhood
has provided you a tool that is just mean and offensive to most
And when you cut me off and cut me with it
I just feel more hopeless and responsible for it
Such an unkind and lazy bad habit
Stop hanging up as an answer God dammit
I may have raised you long duistance
but I know this
you are way smarter and you can find a different way to react
one that is with compassion and tact
one you can be proud of because you are way better than that.
.....continued part 2
About the Creator
Nancie Brown
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