there are so many ways to define mother.
a woman who is blessed to conceive,
the person who raises you,
or someone who sticks around
          but
it's an entirely different definition for a mom.
and while I have a mother
and always have had a mother,
ive only recently found my
mom
a mom is a person to hug and cry in to
a mom is a person that you feel loved by.

and all of these years, a mother figure was standing tall,
          but immersed in the shadows was a *mom