A Mother’s Day Poem
For Mother’s day we thought we would share a poem written by one of our familly members which was recently published in “Teen Ink”.
A very happy Mother’s Day to all the HExN mothers!!
my mother: by Anna Strosser, Danbury, CT
cracked fingers
splitting nails
with sweat above her brow and dirt between her toes
she would say to me, “Anna, you can do anything.”
confused by its subjectivity
lost in the translation
was it permission or expulsion?
dear mother,
I hope it was permission
for all your back-breaking
jaw-clenching
overwhelmingly hair-pulling tendencies
you’ve built a home
I know you never graduated
and your report cards were never on refrigerators
you had a sick mother in your bed at the age of 17
worrying about medical bills
I have a cracked screen on my phone at the age of 17
and friends who do drugs to busy themselves
And you say I can do anything I want
I know you think that means I should graduate
have my report cards on refrigerators
that I should get that master’s that you never got
in that field you found so interesting
but your hands were busy wrist-deep
in sponge baths and medications
you must’ve felt so alone
that you couldn’t do anything
but be there
be without
be a dropout
mother,
I hope
god, I pray
that when you say I can do anything
that you know I don’t need to read textbooks
to be knowledgeable
I don’t need a man to shake my hand and give
me a diploma
to have self-worth
that I don’t need my master’s
to love myself
I hope you love yourself
I hope you know all I wish to do
is be half as strong as you
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