WITH OUT YOU THERE IS NO ME
By GHETTO POET


They say we all have angels watching over us
        So you must have descended from the sky
It’s because of you that I became a man
        It’s because of you that I believe I can fly
Single handedly taking three boys and turning them into men
        You are my mother, my father, my teacher, my best friend
You are hard as a rock- yet gentle as a dove
       In the thunder storm of life
You showered me patience, guidance, and unconditional love
       You are the sun that brightens up my day,
The trunk on our family tree, every breath I take, every move I make
       I say thanks because without you, there is no me
Having to deal with longs days and short pay
       Men who promised you the world one minute
And then were gone the next day
       Or the ones that put their hands on you
When you wouldn’t play their game
       Then seeing you crying at the kitchen table
I would have given anything to take away the pain
       The next day going to work and coming home tired and sore
Working yourself to death so we could have everything you didn’t have
       And so much more
If I could give you the world- I’d still be in your debt
       You have my heart, my soul, my love, my respect
So my gift to you is to be the good man you want me to be
       Thank you momma because
Without you, there is no me.

                            - Darrell Gails