Murray Mahauariki Poet Rhyme

I Don'T Know Why

How four  little words could break in inside,
with everything I have lived through, "I don't know why"?.
The answer you gave me that day, 
the day I questioned the way I was raised.

My life up until then was now just an illusion,
everything that happened, I thought happened with reason.
You were the parent, and I was your child,
and you have no reasons for that lifestyle.

You always boasted friends how you raised me right,
teaching me the skills I would need in life,
my sons a survivor just like me,
your little trophy you wanted everyone to see.

I sat there stunned, I couldn't believe my ears,
all the pain and torment over the years,
Neglected, rejected and beaten all the time,
all because, I don't know why?

I DON'T KNOW WHY???

How those four little words changed my life,
now my obsession is to know why.
Because not knowing why is a cop out in my eye's,
unlike you mother, I will stand accountable for my life.

M.Mahauariki © 2012

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