Marco T. Illuminates "Mother to Son"

Mother to Son

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.  <------ Life is not easy, comparing to a crystal staircase, luxury.

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,     <------ Sometimes good things happen

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. 

       I believe that this poem means that life is not an elevator. Even when things get hard, you should continue to go. Continue to thrive, don't turn around on your decisions and punch them in the face. Life isn't easy-peasy, you have to work to reach the first landing, where you can take a break but down fall down the staircase, continue to charge upwards.