I took all I had
and laid it down
As I
lowered the coffin
into the ground

Memories long past-
passions now cold
As they
lay strewn in a
box of gold

Whispered silently:

"We are dead-
Let it go."


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I tried to be the best mother
I could be-
Then my past
became the future
as the moments
laughed at me...

"You tried-you thought you won
but-no, you didn't
You thought you
put your girls first

by putting away
all the memories-
all of the worst-

You didn't
count on the moment
where betrayal
reared its head
and now -
you have become
your Mother, instead."


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