Dear Momma

Mom I see you crying From the vacant in your eyes It's clear you have no love to give Oh can you recognize Mom I'll keep you happy Oh mom I'll make you proud Mom I'll help you to forget All the sorrows in your head So don't you worry 'bout me I'm drowning but I'm fine My face will keep on beaming Upon the sorrows in your mind Momma please don't feel bad Momma please don't you cry I know you've done your best, it's tough With sorrows in your mind If only you could see me Lie awake in bed But you don't have the strength to know Each sorrow in my head Oh Mom you sink down further My screams I keep confined Am I not more important Than the sorrows in your mind Just know when I grow up someday And parent to my young I will not be distracted By the sorrows in my head Oh I will push, be present When she cries out to me To her I will come running Hold her sorrows in my mind So don't you worry 'bout me I'm drowning but I'm fine My face will keep on beaming Upon the sorrows in your mind Momma please don't feel bad Momma please don't you cry I know you've done your best, it's tough With sorrows in your mind Mom I see you crying From the vacant in your eyes It's clear you have no love to give Oh can you recognize