MomsGetReal™ Poet Extraordinaire Tammy Bartholomew
Identity
A relationship
Thought was true
Turns out
Never knew
There are days
Angry and confused
Worked so hard
Everything to loose
Lost myself
How this could be
Worked so hard
Independent and free
Didn’t listen to
All the warning signs
Leader of myself
Or be left behind
Where was I
My kids half grown
Looking to the future
And I all alone
Worried about
What was best
Was I bad mom
For needing to rest
Feelings ate me
Days on end
Was their mother
My sole job to raise them
How you explain
Pain and scars
Kids confused
Of who you are
He needed a chance
My dad not there
Get to know them
That’s only fair
He wasn’t taking them
My identity gone
No wife no mother
Where would I belong
Today’s the day
Start looking at me
Scared as hell
My new identity