Understand Me Poem by THEODORE MOSLEY

Growing up in the projects the streets were her consolations of love.

Brenda did everything she could to be recognized by her mother.

Being the middle child she said I have become lost between my siblings.

No matter what she accomplished nothing was good enough for her mother.

Her father who was her life passed away when she was thirteen.

Daddy was the apple of her eyes even when volatile moments arrived.

She became a lawyer with eyes of determination and a heart of self-willed achievements.

Case by case and drive by drive she accelerated the hierarchy of business as usual.

Brenda was so angry within herself she couldn't see love standing in plain sight.

Wanting the approval from her mother she omitted the approval of herself.

With a heart of bitterness and loneliness she found pain as her guide.

Seduced with her own passions of living she drowned in her darkness.

When she found herself no one was there to be found of her.

Realizing she alienated her life and time she fell on her knees for forgiveness.

Brenda said I just wanted her approval of who I am; I just wanted my mother to understand me; I just wanted my mother to love me!

Written by Theodore Mosley

January 29,2019