It is the Life I Know

I was always taught that a woman, a mother always put men, children and money first.  If there was anything left over, it was hers.  This is the life I know. I find both comfort and pain in the life I know. The life that made certain that I understood I was not good enough.

I am living a very complicated life

My life is full in some of the most loving important ways

But empty in my core when I go to bed at night

It is the life I know.

     "The Life I Know"  India Arie