Love At Last
Poem From Mom Who Wants Her Daughter's Love
I remember the good times
that we once had...
but still my life
is oh...so sad
Strained Mother-Child Relationships
18 Strained Mother-Child Poems
Some mother-child relationships are strained or tense. Wounds exist that create frustration, anger, and distance.
Poems in this collection are about navigating troublesome relationships between mothers and daughters and mothers and sons.
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Featured Shared Story
This poem was very close to my heart. My ex-husband cheated on me. I couldn't deal with being unfaithful, so I divorced him and he begged me to stay. All the lies and deceit and him never...
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The Way I Feel
Fighting Between Mother And DaughterI feel so much hurt
I feel so much pain
I feel like I don't have anyone
I feel like I want to cry but can'tFeatured Shared StoryI felt every single word of this poem me and my birth Mum are not close it's a bit hard for me knowing that your birth Mum wants nothing to do with you or she doesn't love you at all. The...
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I Don't Want Any Other
Mom, Please Come Back Into My Life PoemOur life has not been easy.
We've managed to drift apart.
But whatever it's worth,Featured Shared StoryI have faced the same problems, and at times losing hope and waking up to a wet pillow full of tears. I love this poem because it gives me hope for another relationship with my mother. Thank you.
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Do You Have An Answer?
Absent Mother PoemWhy did you do the things you did?
Why did you say the things you said?
Why did you change who you are?
Why did you choose a man over your own daughter?Featured Shared StoryYes, thanks everyone for sharing your stories. I am so sorry to hear these stories. It's unimaginable. I don't feel alone in my feelings about my mother. She died a year ago and left her...
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Mommy Dearest
Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationship PoemShe is my mother,
that indomitable, unattainable goal.
A woman of iron and silk and unforgiving praise.
She is the measure of all thatFeatured Shared StoryVery familiar attitude from that daughter. I would be willing to bet everything I own that the mother sees herself in a totally different light.
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I Don't Need You
Poem About Mother LeavingWhat do you expect me to do or say after you up and left, treating me this way?
What do you expect me to think now, when the only thing I want to know is how?
How could you walk away, just turn your back on me?
What is it you think your lies will help me see? -
No Greater Love
Asking Mother For ForgivenessI caused you a lot pain and I didn't care, but you still loved me.
Please forgive me, Mama.
I hurt you in so many ways, but you were always there for me.Featured Shared StoryIt broke my heart. I lost my mama this year. The pain I feel is so great I can feel my heart aching inside my chest. How I too long for her, to see her beautiful face, hear her voice with...
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Why Did It Turn Out Like This?
Poem About A Fight Between Mother And DaughterWe used to be inseparable.
Nothing could tear us apart.
You were my idol.
I looked up to you for my support. -
Time Can't Heal
Mother-Daughter Relationship PoemTime can't heal pain that won't mend.
The suffering, the heart ache,
It feels like the end.
Grasping a hold of a moving change,Featured Shared StoryNow that I'm grown, I regret treating her the way I did, because I have daughters of my own, and I see now that it wasn't that she didn't love me. I still do not agree with how she handled...
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I Wish
Poem About A Mother Absent From Her Daughter's LifeI wish you were here with me
I wish you were here every day,
To hug me, to ask me if I'm doing okay.
I wish you were here when I got my first doll -
Listen Up
I Just Want My Mom BackMom, will you sit down
To listen what I have to say?
We can be in the same room
And be miles and miles away.Featured Shared StoryI read this poem and though it said just how I feel and do too!!!! I never though someone else would feel the same way that I do....this is the best poem I've ever read on family
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Broken Promises And Lies
Poem About A Lying MotherShe has made many promises, yet never seems to keep them.
The lies she tells me are continuous, yet still I believe them.
I have gotten older, but not any wiser, for when she tells me to trust her and everything will be fine, -
A Teenage Strife
Poem About Not Getting Along With MomMy mother and I don't get along.
We share no common song.
She doesn't understand -
Let Me Out Into The World!
Poem About Yearning For FreedomShe treats me like the child; I am but don't want to be.
I crave diversity and the right to be free.
I feel I should have control over my life in order to be me,
But in her mind this she doesn't see. -
Mother
Poem About Mother Causing Daughter Painin Mother Poems
MOTHER
Mother, why do you
treat me like -
Yearning For Approval From Mom
Days go by we haven't talked
The silence between us grows
And inside I yell why can't you love me for me?
She might be deaf and blind too...Featured Shared StoryThe similarities between this poem and the relationship with my mother are uncanny. It's a perfect depiction of how my life is with her and how she makes me feel.
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I Will Do Anything
Poem About Wanting To Come Back HomeI will do anything to come back home.
I can't take it anymore.
I cry myself to sleep; my eyes are always swollen.
My heart always aches. -
Mother
Poem About Not Realizing Life Was AbnormalMother is supposed to be a special word
A mother is supposed to be loving to a child or so I've heard.
This I personally do not know.
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