Thank You Mother

Thank You Mother

Thank you Mother

For teaching me to be a gentleman.

It hasn't gotten me very far

But I hear it's the way to be.

And when you said

'Poem's don't always have to rhyme'

I should have known you meant

Life doesn't always rhyme too.

You know Mother,

You really shouldn't have told me

That the sky is the limit –

It ended badly when I tried to fly.

And when you said

'Mothers have endless love for sons'

I should have known you meant

Mothers have endless love for their sons.

That explains why my best friend's mother

Didn't return my advances –

See Mother, for a while there

I thought it wouldn't work out between us.

It's a strange world

And I know you must have found it

Strange too.

I try to make sense of it

But if my Mother couldn't

How could I?

Sometimes I'm not sure

If I want to be who I am or

If I am who I want to be

So I try to be both

And find myself being neither –

Surely

There is 'a' way to be...

Still I thank you for your help Mother –

I know you meant well

And I'm sure when I teach my son

I'll mean well too.