Mother to Son

by Langston Hughes (1922) — a poem card from Justes Mots

A mother's plain testimony from a life of splinters and bare boards: don't you set down — I'se still climbin'.

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,
…

Themes: encouragement · recovery