Love Poem: My Anchor
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Written by: Susan Ashton

My Anchor

Of course I've known the lady all my life
                         but she not my sister or my wife.
                           She raised my brothers and myself
                           we weren't rich but we had wealth.
                         I'm talking of the love we shared
                         she gave us love because she cared.
                             
                              Twenty years without new shoes
                               she worked so hard and payed her dues.
                           He came on payday and stole the glory
                           sure we loved him but we knew the story.
                                 She is all that we have now
                                  I want to tell her but I don't know how.
                            We fuss and fight and disagree
                             she demands her right and I am free.
                                   I turn around and walk away
                                   but I think about her every day.
                              i hate the way that things occur
                              she is my mother and i love her.