I dry the blood from your tiny little eyes Cradle you in my arms until they arrive Too late, you're gone, but I won't release Once I do, as a mother I will cease to be
You were a part of my soul and a demon took every part of you from every inch of and every love you had for me My loss, my every, clarity I don't see
Every loving memory, shattered in a second Like a hurricane, this day painfully reckons All it took was a man to disregard your life For the rest of my days, leave me in strife
Take all of me You demon End all of me You demon **** all of me You took my child from me You're blind to what you see
I refuse to release your little arms I was meant to protect you from harm I deny that you are so far away from me now I failed you, I love you, I took a vow
A mother always protects her baby From the forces of the deadly souls of this messed up world But I could just watch you hurled Right through the windscreen I could not intervene I won't release my grip This wall lost every brick
Every now inch of me broken glass of memories You shattered The storm weathered You demon Destroyed me. Take every inch of me
This is written from the perspective of a mother losing her daughter to a drink driver. Ironically, I got done for high mid range drinking about 12 months after I wrote the series of 7 poems over the Easter Break. Lost my license for 8 months, first time offence. The bottle shop was just a 2 minute drive away and it was 10 pm at night.