Mom wanted to do
The hike

She had smiles

Her hair was up and
She had a water bottle

Mother was, is, a beacon of purity
A myth of anti-anxiety
A presence of oppurtunity

She sits with her feet folded
Curious about dinner
Wondering about the night

I question
To myself
How she feels
About burying her mother
At 24.

When we met
We met

I'm naked
And with question

Jealous
Of infinity
You get to dance
Within

I'm with you though ma'
Through the failures
And the winners

Remember the nights
Of curtains
And the laughs
Of forgetfulness

We can believe each other
That everything was going to be us
That everything was going to be
A family that was believed in

Then
You fell

Then
You slipped
And I saw your
Untouchable soul
Become Human

Terror

Helpless

You tried to tell me
It was OK
As you bled
From you fingers
The nails
You choked mama

Then,

I ran home
I ran panting, terrorized, ultimatum

I'd never seen you
In such pain

My mother
My original
My beginning

I ran for you
And called who I needed
To called

Shaking at the stairs
Confused at the pain
Screams of agony

Tearing at the sheets
As everything that had made sense
No longer
Did