Thank You, No

Mother, you see my misery,

my inability to lose weight,

to live a normal life
and you want to tell me,
to show me, what worked

when you were there.

I can see you've changed,

you're different, but it's your way,

not mine. I have analyzed

the steps, thought them through
and I'm not willing to yield

to some power greater than me.

Leave your arguments,

your explanations.
Don't you understand

a prophet is without honor

in her own family?