Frustration...

I'm trying to raise my child with the limited knowledge I have
When you criticize, or talk behind my back I take it as a personal stab.

Give me loving kindness, or a pat on the back.
Stop making me feel that every comment is a personal attack.

Don't compare me to a relative, or the lady down the street.
Please act as though you are proud of me to all those you meet.

I'm not trying to be a bad person, or make you angry in any way.
But, I think it needs to be brought to everyone's attention that I have something to say.

Tiffany Sue Roberts, 2007