Mother Dearest
I never knew of hugs or bosoms of comfort I never felt your hands caressing my strong kinky hair But I knew of your words Unkind and cruel that haunted me like a ghost I knew I was ugly and was not much I knew I would find the home in chaos with screams and pain in my eyes and in my soul I knew I never had a home so I would search forever for one Mother Dearest now you try to hug me when we meet but I never knew how it felt to hug you and I cannot do that now Now you wish to laugh and talk with me but mother your words and your deeds belie your nonsense chatter you are the pain that seeks the multitude in my destruction like the two-faced Janus I can never trust I sought you when I came of age away and safe from your rage to find out why But you would not tell me why a girl could not find safety in her mother's arms when I sought your face from the turbulent storms, you laughed in delight for you thought my end was near Now you hobble in age and you pray fo...