A fanatic In its truest form An addict who can’t overcome her demons the behemoth of being in love with addiction to crack A ***** making scores of money for a manipulate Who could care less if she ended up OD’d or in prison Of her own volition giving her body to make an ingrate coin A black woman, mother of two boys, a daughter and two others she can’t raise because she’s unemployed Deemed unfit incapable of providing a healthy place for her children to be raised I know this case because my mother adopted two of her sons so they wouldn’t become wards of the state Beautiful kids with no idea of their biological aunt now adoptive mother did They weren’t her problem but they were her family And she just couldn’t sit idle while these innocent babies slid She saved those boys is what she did Imagine being 58 with grown kids Now you’ve got one age seven ir eight and the other age 10 My mother By no means a patron saint But the mandate she willfully embraced Carries with me to this day It shows her growth as person and as a mother Reflecting the need to live in service someone else She depicts exactly what the bible says when it says despite everything love above all else