Goodbye
Goodbye
To the woman
Who birthed me
Yet didn’t want me
I cried for you
In my lowest moments
I needed you
Though, you didn’t come
Today is goodbye
Tomorrow in silence
I grieve for the mother
I wish you had become
I wished day through night
For a chance to be yours
To feel safe in your grip
But in life
Your heart is closed
A dream is to hope
A hope is to wish
But, my wish didn’t come true
Did you nurture the baby I was?
Wiping my tears
Or singing me lullabies?
I have questions
Owing to you
To the woman
Who birthed me
Now…My time has come
To say goodbye
I decided to write this piece as a way of closing the door on the life that I once craved. With my mother, who essentially didn’t want me!
Through my journey in therapy, I am currently writing letter to my abusers (Sent to my therapist) This is probably the hardest goodbye as I needed this woman to step up but instead she stepped away!
© D.Reay 2022
