If only you could see me now,
not in that feeble mind that
you have let yourself get too
but as you once were.
The mother that you should
have been but was not.
The holidays, the birthdays,
and milestones you have missed.
If only you could have seen them all
as all mothers would have.
The boo boos you've missed to kiss,
the monsters under the bed you have missed to scare.
If only you could have been there for them all.
But that's okay. I'll be fine.
I got another mother
who will kiss my owies and
scare the monsters away.
I got another mother to plan the parties,
buy me gifts, and give me words of pride.
For you were not there.
You never were and you never will be.
Try as you may but it won't be the same
for I already found another mother
in someone else.