If you weren’t there

I wouldn’t be here

As the woman I am today

My conscience wouldn’t be so clear

The way you give yourself

Despite the cards you’ve been dealt

Is astonishing, a broken curse

You allowed your trauma itself to melt

I may not be able to give you back

Everything you sacrificed for me in this lifetime

Yet I’ll give my soul to make you feel

The glory as the mother you are of mine