I want to be able to
need a man, love a man, freely and without conditions.
I always seem to surrender instead of battling in the trenches.
My strength isn’t always a gift from God,
I’m a woman who will detach.
I pay my bills and hold it down, my mother taught me that.
Thank you for the gift of fortitude, Mom.
I just wish you had shown me how to love hard
and allow the man to be strong.
