Dear Mom - Spoken Word Poetry
Dear mom, everything you did was worth it
All the sacrifices taken when the picture wasn’t perfect
I could see it in your face when I was young and all your burdens are reminders to keep pushing when I’m working on this circuit
I remember in the cold
Delivering papers out the trunk when I was sick going door to door
You used to say God got me I was meant for more and that we was broke cause he was fixing what we had in store
I remember that momma used to beat my ass
Then I would be mad and crying while she worked a back to back
Then she’d wake me up and tell me that I’d better get to class
And then I graduated and she stood up and I saw her clap
Mom
We used argue now I know you were right
i'll tell my kids the same, to be in before street lights
Not to steal, do right, live, laugh, play fight and every night pray to God on both knees with closed eyes
Everybody’s got a mom
Everyone relates to this
There’s no way we can repay them for the things they all did
This a message to the queens around the world who go to war and sacrifice to make a better life for all of their kids
Tuesday night you would drive me to practice
Church on Sunday, midnight masses
Pushed me hard I couldn’t be stagnant
Kept me calm despite the madness
You cooked and kept me fed....

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