Poetry / To My Honorable Parents From a Daughter Who Feels Most Unworthy

A child is supposed to rise
and bloom
and fly away
and become the thing you’re proud of.
But I didn’t go that way.

I didn’t end up famous
or wealthy
just a cog
in someone else’s wealthy wheel—
a spinster with a dog.

I didn’t give you grandkids
to brighten the autumn years’ mists
I don’t help much around the house
just sleep and smoke and make you lists

I’ve never ever been for you
a thing you’re bragging of.
But quietly, I learned from you
the meaning of true love.

Secretly I’ve learned from you
it’s possible to cope
with all Adversity—and how to start each day with hope

for every day is new when you
are with the one you love.
Your love taught me quite a lot
I’v seen the beauty of
togetherness through thick and thin
for better or for worse
throug sickness, health, and loss and gain
--a blessing, not a curse--

I’m proud today that I can say
my parents chose to weather
the tearfulness and cheerfulness
of 50 years——together.

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