I'm Sick


Mom, we don't feel good
Is what I hear them say
Like moms supose to make it right
With magic make it go away

Honey can you get a spoon

Something cold for me to drink
Like it has any better taste
It's water from the sink

Are my hands so different

That they heal my familys ails
Only am I needed then
Of this it never fails

The when I'm feeling low

And need some loving care
I look around for my own mom
But now she isn't there

What are we moms supose to do

When we're the one who's ill
Get up and get my own drink
And then go take a pill

Maybe smile and say OK

No I'm not sick at all
Pretend that everything's alright
And stand up straight and tall

I found it does'nt pay to whine

To bitch or moan and cry
My mother can not come and take
My pain from deep inside.

I learned that it's now my job

cuz I'm the mom you see
I have to take care of everyone
and that's including me.

Copyright © 1998 By Sheila Lynn

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