For the days I didn’t see you,
For the things you didn’t pursue,
For the days you were there but absent,
For the lack of interest in my own talents,
For the lack of attention,
For the things not mentioned,
For the pain and suffering,
For simply not mothering,
For the feeling of objection,
For the lack of protection,
For the lies and sorrows,
For the hope of tomorrow’s,
For the absence of the real ...