Dear Mother

Dear Mother,

I'm writing this to tell you how I feel,

because I've got to reveal,

got to keep it real.

See, here's the deal,

being a strong woman

use to be one of your skills,

but then you went and took a spill

when the guy you loved got killed

by the very secret he tried to conceal,

I still remember

all of the fighting

actions quick like lightning

followed with silence that was biting.

Romantic notions

followed with

intense explosions

lie after lie

dosage after dosage.

Dear Mother,

When are you coming home this time?

and how much do you know about that guy?

Do you really want your daughter seeing you live this kind of life?

Full of all this strife?

We could have had each other

but now you're stuck to your vice

and for your daughter

you have no more advice

Your showing me that what's more important

is what your bringing too your lips

and who your letting in between your thighs.

And your last days have just become the role of the dice.

Yeah, take another pill,

drink another beer,

hide from all your fears,

forget that I am still here

baring witness to all of this madness;

being consumed by all of this sadness;

forgotten and oucasted;

another lost soul

becoming victim to a broken home,

with fears of forever being alone.

Dear Mother,

What happened to you?

You use to be someone I could look up to,

now I'm watching you die on a bar stool,

also know as the couch in the living room.

Don't try to pull the wool

over my eyes

you know damn well you didn't raise no fool.

Man, do what you think you've got to do,

but I know God didn't put you in this fight

because he thought you'd loose.

So please don't hang that noose,

I ain't ready for that kind of news.

It looks like you're gaining weight,

but I don't remember the last time that you ate.

Man, we use to get along great,

but now we fight like we hate,

and it's getting harder and harder to relate.

I know you've been dealt a bad fate,

but please don't have bad faith,

I don't want to put you in an early grave