It’s been over two years.<\/p>\n
I’m glad you’re no longer here.<\/p>\n
You’d fume, you’d fear.<\/p>\n
You’d cry blood for me, for us,<\/p>\n
your world, the world, your life.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A joy, full heart, hiding<\/p>\n
sorrow, long neglect, scars,<\/p>\n
of the mother shadow, she,<\/p>\n
a pretense of domiciled mime.<\/p>\n
And yet, you loved deeply.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A 180, you bore five,<\/p>\n
doted, cherished, fussed,<\/p>\n
sent me out to play,<\/p>\n
in a white dress, I dare not<\/p>\n
dirty; I still can’t.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A gravy dropped sleeve,<\/p>\n
I can’t sleep, think.<\/p>\n
Where’s the soap? Water?<\/p>\n
Hopelessly stained.<\/p>\n
I’m glad you didn’t see.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
As you lay there, awake,<\/p>\n
asleep, dying, living, breathing,<\/p>\n
but barely knowing, I think.<\/p>\n
You missed my misstep,<\/p>\n
the splattered mess I made.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And when you inhaled,<\/p>\n
and failed to exhale, I cried,<\/p>\n
sighed with relief, happy<\/p>\n
you never witnessed me,<\/p>\n
falling down, filthy discharge.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So now, your legacy runs<\/p>\n
deep within my cells, a pattern<\/p>\n
on repeat; my daughters dressed<\/p>\n
in purple and blue angst,<\/p>\n
blemish free, spurning white.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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