Final Lit Mag 3 | Page 4

Mother –by Indigo Dream Mother, to whom I owe my life Pass the day of each morning strife A heart so pure yet unrecognized All she’s done, I now realize. I lay in my bed, oblivious to her acts How she has made me see fiction from facts The fool I was, who did not see What this woman has done for me Words of no matter, escaping my reach of return I pass her by, leaving nothing but a burn I am 17 now, with knowledge and time to spare Knowing exactly how much, how much she can care 4