My Boys

Your mother, I am, forever and always !

I love you both forever and in all ways !

 

I have been, both mother and father !

I have been there, to nurse your wounds,

both physical and psychological !

I have been there, in your times of sorrow,

to kiss away all the pain you were feeling.

I have kept a roof over your heads !,

long after you should have left the nest.

I have kept food in your stomachs.

I have, long after you should have been self-sufficient,

paid for your entertainment ( phones, cable, internet ).

I have ended up paying for your cars, car insurance !

As men who should be taking responsibility for yourselves,

I should no longer have to sacrifice my financial freedom,

in order to help you as I have – financing your businesses,

paying off the debts you incurred doing business.

After they failed, I lost my financial security,

and to this day !, I have never been able to recover !

The list goes on and on my dear sons and so, where do we go ?

 

As men, it is time to let go of my apron strings !

As a woman, with grown children, it is time !,

time for me to stand up and take off the apron

no matter ( for all of us ) how much it stings.

It seems to me, you, as middle aged men,

I am still being a slave to motherhood !

It is time for us to let go of past expectations

and move on and look after our own needs !!!

Your Mother !!!

B. J. “A” 2
June 27^th, 2014