Saturday, December 21, 2024

memory's workhorse

How I long to be my mother  
for just one day—any day— of her life.  
Before me, after me, grand day, quiet one,  
it matters not to me. To see her, at last,  
through eyes unclouded by youthful judgment,  
free from the weight of my own confusion,  
unburdened by my choices
                     —chosen with proud precision.
Perhaps then, I would understand the woman  
behind all my heartbreaks, and I would 
no longer be memory's workhorse.

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