5:25 P.M.

I have made a vow to myself.

I'll never let you go.

All the nicotine,
alcohol
and pills
can't wash you away.

You're a stain
I purposely poured ...
all over me.

I close my eyes
and I see
nothing but you.

Nothing but you and me.

Love ***** me up
---for better and for worse.

But I won't let my mother
and my father
pass down this....
curse.

Some day we will
purify our love
and it will no longer hurt.

Moms were made for love
And care
But you were made in a different way
You scream and cursed
Until the noise had drowned out the curse
Of living with the regret of your misdeed
You fought and drank
Shook and sank
In this quick sand that you made
You always took and never gave
You always butchered us in vain
Never once had you cared
About the damage that you had left
In our skin and in our minds
These hearts you made
No longer beat same
As they did with you
Before you changed

You take
You destroy
You break
You scar

And nothing will change
The damage you've done

Mom, what happened to you?