I was her only child
It was not by choice
Her womb taken away by disease
She felt she had lost her voice

The world was not where she lived
It had done so little for her
So she locked me away from the evil outside
Smothered by her care

When I was 5 I started school
And I didn't know what to say
Because I was taught so many things
That they were taught the other way

When I was 14 I liked a boy
But I didn't know how to react
This was a lesson I hadn't been taught
On the inside I felt cracked

But my mother didn't see it
She hated I was shy
'I didn't raise you like this' she said
But this was a lie

And then the evil came back
She became so very ill
And her instincts that stunted me
Came back for the ****

A week before she died
My family sat me down
'Shes dying' they told me
The room spun around

Her one last act
Was to protect me from being sad
But inside the crack deepened
All I felt was mad

Because I was more than that
I was more than being protected
I hardened on the outside
But inside I felt rejected

I became the daughter
My mum wanted me to be
Confident, loud
Someone everyone could see

I drunk away the doubts
I danced away the pain
So that the thoughts inside
Didn't drive me insane

I never cried or moaned
In front of people or alone
So I could prove I was strong
I wanted this to be known

She was taken so early
When i felt for her so much hate
I was robbed of my mother
And now it's too late