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Re: A Poem
From: Lori (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Aug 4 12:09:05 2005
Wonderful poem and so true! Thanks for sharing! God bless and hugs to
you!
Lori D.
At Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Suzanne wrote:
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>On the outside I am what many wish to be
>A wife and mother of one who’s almost past three
>And this child of mine, she is precious I know
>She is a gift that is a balm for my tortured soul
>On the outside they see I have all and more
>Friends, and family, a place to call my own
>My life is blessed with a husband, a child, and a home
>On the outside, I am lucky, the American dream
>But on the inside things are very different for me,
>For this thing inside me is a curse at best,
>It grows, it festers, it causes so much pain
>And there’s nothing they can do to make it go away
>On the outside I try to not let it show,
>But deep inside I fear it’s winning,
>And soon it will even take my soul
>Tolerate it and fight I shall until my dying day,
>And I will count all my blessings along the way
>My only wish is to protect her
>So that she will never know
>This pain on the inside that I try so hard not to show
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