dear MUM,

it takes me being a MOM to truly understand
and I love you

I was glass glazed momentarily staring at an old picture
I found in an old box
I looked so tiny, as I stood beside my two brothers and older sisters
while mum and dad stood at the background.
tears starts dripping down as I look at our faces, we were so happy that our happiness was captured in a moment
it all seems like anything is possible

I want  to run far, far away as my legs can take me
to make the distance between us be as long, long
as it can be
where I can hear only the birds singing and see butterflies
fluttering by
till the sun sets and the silence gives me inner peace while i
sit gazing at the evening star

like water
I poured myself into her until she was overflowing at the brim

like reinforced steel
I bridged my heart to hers and welded myself to her soul

like the sun
I filled myself with light to cover her darkness

like a blanket
I shielded her from the harsh world underneath the covers

like magnets
I orbited her aura until we inevitably collided

like a seed
I felt myself growing up from her

Then, like an idiot
I could tell she felt nothing.

I hate your flattery words
because your intentions are not afar
than mine
making it more difficult to keeping
it cool

I tried taking a trip
down memory lane
but it was closed
to thru traffic

So I called the department
of transportation
and they told me
it was all in my head