Mother, by Ashley Green

stuborn, stuborn
why must i be so stuborn?
mother you have told me once,
no need to tell me twice
but you hardly take that advice.
warn me once more,
make it ever clear to me now,
i am not who i was before.
no longer that tiny infant
eyes wet with neglect.
no longer that little girl
hair cut short around those round cheeks,
dimples you rarely seen.
no longer that young lady
desperately begging for attention.
no longer that teenager
desperately hanging onto that last
sliver of hope.
too thin to grasp,
it fell from my grip
and im left on the ground
trying to recover it.
i am now a woman
believe it or not.
you cannot take that away from me,
i've earned it.
my own mind, my own time.
my own feelings, my own ryhme.
if you need some understanding
i'll lend you mine.
and we can go on pretending
everything's just fine.

-ashley green