Keen Listener

O, an amazing woman she is!
She has heard my heart’s cries, thoughts, and questions,
without ever raising her voice or eye brows.

Once as a drug addict, she heard my heart shout “I can’t take it anymore!”
so many times. Like an angel seeing through a mortal’s wounded soul,
she looked at me with a warm smile, and told me that everything
would be alright…. 

She heard my heart’s pain and despair,
when the rest of my world came crumbling on me; a letter of suspension
for drug use and possession in college, a girl embarrassed to love me, myself 
a laughing stock around my colleagues, and a father who was ready to show
me the door.

A decade later, I realized she was right!
Everything now is alright!
Her love is irreplaceable!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Allison Avatar
May 5, 2015 at 11:39 AM
Wow what a turnaround in life - and mum is always there to listen - a lovely tribute:-) Hugs Jan xx 7 xx
Kimathi Avatar
May 6, 2015 at 11:05 AM
Thank you Jan!
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