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Goodbye, Mother dear, though
you’re still alive
Embracing the walls as
you walk
Sitting on your rocking chair
Your eyesight vacant
Waiting for me though
Knowing I won’t come.
Goodbye, Mother dear,
I said this long ago,
That day you slurred
My deepest love,
Forcing me to choose
Between you and her and
I chose her
Over you.
Goodbye, Mother dear and
Thank you for my life
For keeping me dressed
And alive
But also for our better years
When we laughed and
cried and dreamed
Together.
Goodbye, Mother dear
I wished things were
different
Without your hatreds, buffets
and lies that blotched
my deepest self;
Then we would have been
Together and I would have
Closed your eyes when death
Took you away
With a smile on your lips.