It's over twenty years since my mother died. <br />I've searched my heart to find the sorrow <br />I should have felt then - even now. <br /> <br />Isn't it strange? <br />My most vivid memory is being caned and <br />called stupid, for not knowing the times tables. <br /> <br />Mother dear, you didn't know I'm deslexic. <br />Neither did I. <br />I forgive you...<br /><br />jerry hughes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/over-twenty-years/
