That much
is true
but I needed to sit down
and think this one
through.
It's a picture
which is haunting
and leaves me a little bit cold.
I can't even remember
having
her hand to hold.
You know
mother is just a word
to someone like me
although there are striking similarities
that I can
see.
I took the hard road
in life
with not much to say
by living
hand to mouth
from day to day.
I sold my sorry ass
to the first man
I could find
as my lust
for narcotics
left me blind.
Even though
fate can be fickle
it still saved me from harm.
I just didn't know
she died with a needle
in her arm.
Oh Mother
as I stare, like a stranger,
at your face
how did you ever
fall
from grace?
This obituary photo
is all I have of you
today
as your long lost daughter
who also lost
her way.
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