073. Failed Mother Poem by Jaden Knight

Childlike whispers remind me of the past
before I knew who I was
or could even talk
the time when I was with my mother

To her I have never spoken
I couldn’t even if I wanted
if I ever saw her now
I would not want to know
I would tell her

It was your fault that I nearly died
and spent those weeks in hospital
why did you not try to stop him
do you even care

When I was moved away
why did you do nothing
to prevent me from going
you did not even try

On my chest is the birthmark
the proof that I was born
at some point I will have it changed
or even removed
with kiss of the surgeon’s knife

Eventually it will scar
but it will show to all who see it
that you failed to kill
the boy you gave birth to
that you failed me as a mother