The very wise woman she said to her son <br />If you cannot love yourself you cannot love anyone <br />With what she said I for one cannot disagree <br />She does seem a very wise person to me <br />The truth in her words I have come to realize <br />For one in her early thirties she does seem so wise <br />She said to her son your love of self to love of others expand <br />Of how love works she is one who does understand <br />Wisdom does not have an age to it as we have been told <br />A marvellous insight from a young mother to her nine year old <br />And since self love is a sibling of compassion and ruth <br />Her words to her son in them have the beauty of truth <br />If you cannot love yourself you cannot love anyone <br />The very wise woman she said to her son.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-very-wise-woman/
