Her sons never tell her they love her.
And her mother has never been proud.
She married a stranger from the big city.
And now they live in a small town.
She works day and night
To keep them alive.
But she’s only just breathing herself.
She’s selfless and kind,
Never on her own mind.
Her world revolves around them.
Engaged at eighteen,
To the life she had dreamed,
But ran away when the stability froze.
She always wanted more,
From the life that she saw
Ahead of her since she was small.
But her parents were strict,
Told her she’d never make it
And drove her away from the life that she wanted to live.
She searches for the beauty
Of the dreams she once had.
The ambitions she followed
Until her world crashed down.
She thinks back in time
To the end of the line;
Where she should have crossed instead of turned round.
She knows it too late to go back,
To the time when she was that
Woman she wanted to be.
Now she’s stuck in a big house,
On the outskirts of a small town.
Forever held back by the fears that she once had.
But I tell her don’t worry
Because it will all work out.
She will have the life she wanted
When the time comes around.
And her sons will tell her they love her.
And her mother will always be proud.
She’ll marry the prince of her kingdom
And escape from the small, small town.
this was originally written as a song but i think it might work as a poem too.
i have recently met this amazing woman who works so hard for her sons and her husband but is unappreciated and unhappy. i wrote this to celebrate how amazing she is and how she will one day be able to live the life she always dreamed of.
