For What Its Worth - poems

Dear Mother

3-19-15

Driving cars
too far
out of my mother's heart
I was never there to start
letting go is hard to do
but to be true
I let go a long time ago
and she doesn't know
I wish she'd follow in that path
and let go without wrath
for my childhood has passed
and she's keeping me trapped
I'm not five anymore
and trying to make her realize that is a chore
I'm not ten
not since back when
I'd like to be treated like I'm a young adult
and not a child and its no one's fault
life goes on
and even being fond
is okay
I know she can't let go in a day
but I'm being treated like a baby
and its making me crazy
I'm not a child, and my actions are less than mild
I've been raised to know right from wrong
and how to move along
I have self respect
and smarts and yet
I know I need guidance but soon I'll be on my way
driving a car and that's okay
going to college and moving on
and I'll be an adult is that wrong?
I need my mother to let go
because I'm not a child so
Mother I'll let you know that I admit I still need you
which is true
but I need my space
and to be trusted without hesitance and thinking I'll make a mistake
I'm growing up
with such luck
I was raised to have morals by one of the best
and you've passed the parenting test
I love you so
and soon I'll go
I'll be driving cars
and going far
so just let me go
slowly and It will be easier I know
you can't stop me from growing up
but you raised me and you were always enough