Nicole Sharon Brown Poet Rhyme

Too Late

Too late to play daddy,
When your children are almost middle –aged.
Too late to act right,
When your debts are too much to be paid.
Too late to be a mom,
To a kid you never raised.
Too late to start over,
Especially right now,
To be a good parent,
And your parents never taught you how.


wrote in college @ ULM 
Spring 2004

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Jared Pickett November 12, 2009 at 10:02 AM My mother is my Idol... Single mother, poverty stricken..... That made me the man I am today...... Awesome write Nikki.....:JP]

Caroline Cécile Delacroix November 12, 2009 at 9:04 AM Thought provoking poem and quite realistic, because many do experience the neglect of parents or their absence. I agree with that. But it is never too late to appologize and try to be there when the children have children until your life ends. Then it is too late. Thanks for sharing a truthful write. Best wishes, Caroline.