I am the strong one.
The one who worries and plans
For everyone else’s care.
The phone rings sounding the alarm
I hear the panic and my heart stands still.
No sacrifice too great.
I am the unofficial manager of lives
All accept my own. There’s no time
You see for me, the strong one.
I listen, I pray standing in the gap.
I fret, lose sleep all in the name of love.
I am the one necessary element in everyone’s lives.
But I’m not.
Not needed for the joys, and thoughts
The parties and the jobs,
Not a factor until something goes wrong.
Then I am to blame
I’m expected to fix
Even if no one has really asked.
It’s my job any how
Besides, who else will do it?
Who else knows how?
I am the strong one.
The one no one calls just to say hi.
The last one content with being last.
It’s okay, really, I don’t need the concern
I freely show others.
I’m strong and that fact is my comfort.
I live an ugly truth no one can know.
Sometimes I am weak, I want to fold
But the calls don’t come.
There are times when I seek
The ear, the shoulder that look.
No one wants to give me what I need.
But I’m the strong one
And because I am strong
I keep smiling, staying on my post.
I often wonder as I caress the nuzzle
Run my finger across the blade or
Toy with the safety cap…
…when will the call come and will
it be
too
late?
Excerpt from
Messages To The Woman In The Mirror
About the Creator
Cynthia Fields
I adore words and I love what happens when we grab them, sleep with them, holler and scream and laugh at them! I love what happens when we throw them in the air and watch them fall magically from our minds onto paper!
Comments (2)
Cynthia, I completely immersed myself in this and I can SO relate. Loving this poem so much!
Fantastic poem! ♥️❤️💜