I Love Great Poetry

FROM A BOY TO A MAN

I BIRTHED YOU BUT I DIDN’T GIVE BIRTH TO YOU.

I CARRIED YOU UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO RELIEVE YOU.

YOU SEE I KNOW I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER, BUT BABY UNDERSTAND THAT I RAISED YOU.

WHEN EVERYONE ELSE ABANDONED YOU, I STEPPED IN AND I RAISED YOU.

WHEN LIFE GOT TOO HARD I PICKED YOU UP AND HELPED YOU CARRY YOUR BURDENS.

I INSTILLED IN YOU AND SHOWED YOU THE VALUE OF LOVING WITH NO CONDITIONS.

I WIPED YOUR TEARS WHEN YOU FELT NO ONE WOULD UNDERSTAND.

I HELD YOUR HAND IN THOSE MOMENTS OF YOU FEELING LESS THAN A MAN.

I LOVED YOU INSPITE OF YOUR MISTAKES.

I ENCOURAGED YOU AND SPOKE LIFE WHEN YOU WERE READY TO GIVE UP.

I BELIEVED IN YOU WHEN YOU DIDN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE KING THAT YOU ARE.

YOU DIDN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND YOUR LIFE UNTIL I SHOWED YOU YOUR LIFE HAD PURPOSE.

UNTIL I SHOWED YOU THE POWER OF LOVE AND AFFECTION, YOU FUMBLED OVER YOUR EMOTIONS.

YOU DIDN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF YOUR STROKE UNTIL I TOLD YOU IT HAD POWER.

SOMEWHERE IN LIFE YOU LEARNED TO LIE…LIE…AND LIE AGAIN.

YOUR LIES BECAME YOUR REALITY AND SOMETHING YOU PERFECTED TO NO END.

I TRIED TO TEACH YOU THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT AND THERE IS NO LIFE THAT HAS BEEN LIVED WITHOUT ONE SIN.

AS ANY “MA” KNOWS DEALING WITH A BOY AND HIS INSECURITIES IS OFTEN ROUGH

SO I KISSED YOUR LYING LIPS...WHISPERED IN YOUR EAR AND SAID “ALL IS FORGIVEN”.

LOYALTY, LOVE, TRUST AND RESPECT IS WHAT I CONSISTENTLY SHOWED YOU.

I MADE SURE TO REMIND YOU THAT TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS REQUIRED.

WITH THAT BEING SAID THE LESSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOU GET BACK WHAT YOU PUT IN THE WORLD AT SOME POINT.

I TAUGHT YOU TO NEVER GIVE WHAT YOU CANT TAKE IN RETURN.

I WATCHED YOU GO FROM TELLING LIES TO LIVING YOUR TRUTH.

I WATCHED YOU GO FROM OTHERS HOLDING YOU UP TO YOU BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

I SEEN YOU TURN YOUR PAIN INTO PURPOSE.

I WITNESSED YOU GROW FROM FUMBLING OVER YOUR EMOTIONS TO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF HANDLING THEM WITH CARE.

I WATCHED YOU GROW FROM A BOY TO A MAN.

ONLY THING IS AFTER ALL I INVESTED I WILL NEVER CARRY YOUR NAME.