Why am I so selfish? <br />I should think more of her. <br />But instead of seeing what could be <br />I'm being so immature. <br /> <br />I know she's truly suffering. <br />That should be my main concern. <br />Yet all I seem to think about is... <br />''Will she ever learn? '' <br /> <br />Her lungs are black as tar. <br />She needs help just to breathe. <br />Hearing that she'll smoke again <br />makes me simply seethe. <br /> <br />She knows what she is doing. <br />She's not a little child. <br />I thought that only young people <br />did stuff that's dumb and wild. <br /> <br />Don't set aside the oxygen <br />so you can have a smoke. <br />You're dying right in front of me. <br />This pain is not a joke.<br /><br />Mary Nagy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-am-i-so-selfish/
