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My mother

June 2, 2014
By EmoAnimeChick666 SILVER, Crystal Lake, Illinois
EmoAnimeChick666 SILVER, Crystal Lake, Illinois
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I remember she wouldn't wake up
Her lips were a pale pink
her face ashen
Her chest had stilled, her heart stopped beating
And all I could think was
"This is Not my mother"
My mother wore T-Shirts and jeans
not white hospital gowns
She ate mac and cheese,
not microwaved mush.
My mother sang songs, and danced with me through our small apartment
She did NOT lay silent in hospital beds
This sick women, with glass bones and paper skin, was not my mother.
I remember when her heart stopped beating
Because mine shattered.
I remember when this mother impostor wouldn't wake up.
Because that was the day my life
broke.



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on May. 7 2016 at 10:29 pm
Shiningstar27 BRONZE, Crystal Lake, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

. . . You once told me you love the smell of cigarettes because they smell like her. . . . I will remember this.