NativeButterfly• Show poetry

I was raised in a Native American family with constant respects to my blood and family.
As a woman now my greatest fear is that I will turn in to the person that I have the most respect for...my mother. She raised us with a strong hand and a sharp mouth. I always know that she loves me however I know she respects when I win.
So thus is my strive for life. My family, my sons are my universe. I push myself to unbelivable lengths for them and at the same time I buy into the fact that by working harder I will be able to give them everything I went without. Yet sitting in my big house I can't help but wonder do I rob them of a "real" mom. My last relationship ended do him feeling like I didn't have enough time for him. Now I have the perfect partner in all aspects except for one, he hates my career. Something I take very seriously and have worked very hard for.
Five years ago I walked in the door as a secretary and now I am a manager. I love my work and in many ways my title here is a big factor of who I am. A little girl from the streets that even had her own doubts of making anything of herself.
So I write to escape just as I did as a child, escape from me, my masks, my stage and everything. Yet in front of the mirror I acted fearless. Thus is life.