All I talked about was you <br />The months before you were home <br />Not a call or a text, but on facebook <br />I find out your home like everyone else <br /> <br />She got the surprise <br />A hug she could not even give <br />I’d given you hugs and kisses <br />And said I’m so proud and cry <br /> <br />I know you never meant to hurt me <br />But that night I cried like a baby <br />A mother needs to know she’s loved <br />Just like a son needs to be proud of <br /> <br />I wanted to know when you’d be home <br />So I could arrange some time to spend <br />You could not give me that <br />Yet it was the night before you left <br /> <br />You still haven’t changed <br />Still avoiding situations <br />Like not knowing how to tell people <br />You just want to hang with friends <br /> <br />But I’m YOUR MOM dammit <br />I think I have the right <br />To see you more than once <br />The 2 weeks you’re home from Kuwait <br /> <br />Maybe I wasn’t a good mom <br />Is this really what you think <br />But you won’t tell me <br />Cause you’ll avoid that just the same <br /> <br />She texted me to let me know you’d be home <br />So I called and texted, <br />I’m home on facebook you said <br />Yet no reply I got <br /> <br />Your actions speak louder <br />Than the few words you say <br />I see where I stand <br />In your small world you stay<br /><br />Pookey's Poems<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forgotten-mom/
