Lindsie

I lean in
to taste your malice
and remember
villains have mothers too.

Dear Mom,

You maimed my soul. I can’t be angry because you  didn’t mean it. My feelings aren’t justified because I can’t explain why they hurt so much.  Now you’re dying and neither of us will ever have what we’ve  hoped for — love from each other. I don’t want to live if I have nothing to look forward to.