Please rethink your past...open up your heart and mind <br /> <br />Do you really think I was that unkind? <br /> <br />Did I play favorites or was age the stage <br /> <br />I understand... I went through the same rage <br /> <br />But my older brother was mentally challenged <br /> <br />Yet still I felt slighted and damaged. <br /> <br /> <br />Till one day I had children of my own <br /> <br />What you see in youth is not the whole picture shown <br /> <br />Your memory deceives and plays games <br /> <br />You remember the bits to blame <br /> <br /> <br />As a mother I gave gifts from the heart <br /> <br />Sacrifices right from the start <br /> <br />Only some of those you saw <br /> <br />Or maybe you just remember the flaws <br /> <br />We are all human and perfection is rare <br /> <br />I know I'm very far from there <br /> <br /> <br />Someday I hope you'll understand <br /> <br />When you have your own children in hand <br /> <br />And they come at you with anger and spite <br /> <br />That what you did wasn't right <br /> <br />Your mind will flashback to this day <br /> <br />Where my heart was betrayed <br /> <br />For I thought I gave gifts from the heart <br /> <br />Sacrificing right from the start <br /> <br /> <br />© 2008 (All rights reserved)<br /><br />JoJo Bean<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sacraficies-gifts-from-the-heart/
