Mother
Willy Pleasance
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Poetry
What did you see when you looked at me?
Just a little girl, I had no voice
You kept me down without a choice
You gave heartache and pain
Said I was your endless shame.
You stole my youth, my childhood
Stole who I could have been, stealing my motherhood
What happened to you to treat me that way
With anger and hate, you kept me at bay.
Just a girl wanting your love
Always praying to the Heavens above
I used to wish you loved me too
Now I know, I was nothing to you.
Now, I’m not so little and not so weak
I use my voice with courage to speak.
You tried to bury me but wonderfully I grew
A life in darkness, now my light shines through
My once broken heart you no longer held
This story of loss had to be told
Gone is the girl I used to be
Gone is the hold you had over me.
Now, what do you see when you look at me?
Date Published
July 9, 2026
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