Mother to Son (99 Words: B)

Langston Hughes

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
Luis Lobos 12/21/13 8:18 AM
Comment [1]: When I ieau this line, it
makes me think of a family talking about
life. Eveiy few weeks, my family also gets
togethei to speak about ceitain things in oui
home. We talk about the stiuggles anu about
the futuie.
Luis Lobos 12/21/13 8:20 AM
Comment [2]: Life foi the mothei has not
been easy. She has encounteieu many
pioblems thioughout hei life. She uoesn't
want hei son to live like she has liveu, but
she wants him to keep tiying.
Luis Lobos 12/21/13 8:21 AM
Comment [3]: Sometimes the choices we
make will be haiu to enuuie. Theie will be
no ciystal ioau aheau. Eveiything will be
like being in the uaik.
Luis Lobos 12/21/13 8:22 AM
Comment [4]: She uoesn't want hei son
to stop tiying. If she has uone it all these
yeais, hei son can uo it too.
Luis Lobos 12/21/13 8:23 AM
Comment [5]: She has hau to go thiough
situations that have shapeu hei in the
women that she is now. Life has not been
easy but she will still keep tiying until she
ieaches hei goal.