I wrote this poem for my parents a few months before graduating from High School. There was never any doubt they loved me. In fact, their love for me was so strong, I feel it still. JAS
THANK YOU
© 1970 By J. A. Stubbs
- Thank you,
- for all the times you tried to help,
- for all the times you explained to me again,
- things I did not understand.
- Forgive me,
- for all the times I brought you pain,
- for all the times I did not or could not,
- keep my promised word.
- Understand me,
- for through understanding we can become closer,
- for I only wish to help us all become,
- the kind of people we want to be.
- Forgive me,
- for not understanding you as I should,
- for letting the world make me small,
- and unfeeling at times.
- Thank you,
- for spending time with me,
- for caring whether I live or die,
- fail or win.
J. A. Stubbs