Family: A Word Often Misunderstood
From beginning, I was Mother and Wife
And gave of myself remarkably
I was a Daughter, a Sister, An Aunt, A Friend to others
I've paid and paid and done without
So others could whatever they were about
As I was going through my memory bank
It appears to me
I have given and given and nary a thanks
And that, of course, no difference made
As I have grown older and raised my Children, my responsibilities
I realized now is the time for me
So forgive me if I don't rush to lend a hand as I used to do
or join forces to fight yet another great cause
Forgive me if I don't pick up the phone
or call to intone
Birthday and Holiday and special events
I find that I'm really quite done with the job of being World Bank
A real vacation I would like whereby
I'm not shopping and giving and having to think
I want to be pampered and maybe even
Appreciated for just being me no token, no gifts required of me
The Girl who never had a Birthday wish
except, my Husband, Children,
An Aunt and a Niece that never forgets
Is quite frankly tired
To those Family members to whom I have given
Who choose not to remember but
turn around and sully my name with lies for good measure
Thank you for aiding in my thought of self-seeking pleasure
Written in 2012, feeling sorry for myself I was again confined to bed after surgery. It was my birthday taking stock of my Life then. None of the People I did for purchased gifts to had even the slightest empathy nor respect to call to wish me Happy Birthday, not even on Facebook. Yet Year after Year they expected it of me. That Year, I decided I had quite enough.
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