Don't Read Between the Lines

My child and I have had some words

Hurtful, brutal, bad ~~

And after hurt and anger,

the next emotion's sad.

You say "Don't read between my lines-

you'll never find me there"......

You say you've been there all the time

I guess I don't know where.

I really don't know where you are

and that connection we once had

Is now nothing but a scar.

Oh, child of mine, you never see

how very much you mean to me.

You say we have our differences

we don't understand each other

But oh, you know me well enough

to push the buttons of your Mother.....

you know how to break my heart,

you know how to make me smile;

and no one hugs me like you do

but it's been too long a while.

You can break my heart or sear my soul

But my love for you, I can't control.

You came into my world

amid pain and blood and tears

Nothing you can say or do

Will make me love you less

throughout the coming years.

And if you're angry at this poem

and think I don't understand -

well, I can say I'm sorry;

But you're still my brave young man,

My baby boy, my child, my teen

There's no need to read between

these lines

for when I say I love you

That's exactly what I mean.

© Christina 10-03 "Mom"