They think

by Mama Effie - Cancer

They think,
My life is perfect

But what they don't see
Is how the tears flow
When my day is through

I have taken the place
Of all the dead-beat dads
The druggy moms
So I hear them all cry
During the school day

I feel all they do,
In my heart.
Because I love them all.
Maybe not the person
But the soul
Who hasn't forgotten to cry

They think I don't have any problems
Because I am there when they cry
And never let them see
How many shards of life
Like a broken bottle,
Are running through my veins

They think my life is good
And tell me all the time
How calm and happy I look
Well they don't see me
When Rashi yells
And I run to my room
Crying out why
Do I have to hear all this pain

They think
I have never cried in school
But they don't now about the times
Someone else's pain
Has been channeled into me
And I just begin to cry

I never know who's it is
I guess I never will
But its good that it was me
And not someone who would 
Never hear the end of it

They think my life if perfect
My eyes always dry
But I've never let them see me
When i begin to cry.
Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2000-07-12 14:50:14
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:29
Poem ID: 56863

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