Mother to Son by Langston Hughes - Academy of American Poets
https://poets.org/poem/mother-son
WEBWell, 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.
DA: 42 PA: 13 MOZ Rank: 43