I haven’t written about you in a while,

Forgive me.

I am trying to create a life of my own, a life separate from yours,

Forgive me.

I am trying to be unapologetic about it,

Forgive me.

There was a time when you consumed me, but now I’m trying to forget what it felt like to always have you at the back of my mind and make me hyperventilate every time I saw you with my own eyes

Just

Forgive me.

I’ve been trying to hold our bond together

With the stickiness of my tears

Because all the glue of love

And being a mom

Has washed away with any form of growth.

But this isn’t sticky enough,

Forgive me.