Understanding

You don't really understand, do you?
Everything I've been going through
Because I don't think you believe in me
And everything that I might one day be
You all laugh at my dreams
And say that they're not as close as they seem
My only ambitions revolve around art
The one thing closest to my heart
But you really don't understand
You won't even lend a helping hand
Because I "can't make a living"
In the one area I feel I may be something
I write these poems that you read
And it's encouragement that I need
My drawings aren't superb, I know
But I've won prizes in art shows
Yet still you tell me that it will lead no where
And you don't realize how much I care
So, you don't understand at all
You just think you're saving me from the fall
Instead, you cause this pain
That makes me want to cry in the rain
Because you smash my dreams with words
And you don't have any idea how much it hurts
To hear you say "you need a back-up plan"
And, "do you really think you can?"
You don't understand this, not one bit
That it's my life and I'll do what I want with it
I want my career to be what I love doing
Reading, writing, and especially drawing
I hope you really realize now
That I will make it, somehow