Human Too
I am a woman
but I am more
than just a womb and orifices
to birth and please
I am a mother
but I am more
sometimes, I don't want to talk
about your problems
again and again
it doesn't mean I don't love you
it doesn't mean I don't care
I hear you
but I am human too
I know I can't fix all that ails you
can't prevent every scrape and fall
but I can listen with compassion
until I must withdraw
and find beauty to wash me clean
so I may start anew
I am a wife but I am more
than hands and lips to wake you
the siren's call of the day
sometimes pulls me far away
and it's your hands and lips I need
to draw me back to now
when I am lost in the other
it's not because I don't love you
it's not because I don't care
sometimes being everything to all
breaks this body down
but I am learning to be enough for me
so I can still be here for you
I am human too
B.Y. Penman 2015