A Letter to Down Below:
Momma I once heard you say family was everything. Those words echoed an echoed, louder and louder day after day. It’s ashamed it took a life and realization that you weren’t a phone call away. I apologize for not seeing the world through your eyes. Growing up in a world with opportunities was always thought as a great thing. But with no one to guide you, it turned out to be trial and error.
Momma, now I’m a momma. I see you now. I hear you now. I am you, now.
Momma there was things that I should’ve said and things I should’ve done. People will like you just for what they can get. whether big or small. But there’s no love more better than a mother’s love. You gave and gave and all we did was take and take. No complaints, no disregard, 100% involve, but we were the total opposite. All we did was quarrel.
Momma,momma,momma….
I call for you and no answer….
I look at your grandkids and all I see is the imprint of your face embedded into theirs
No more Grandparents Day, no more Mother’s Day for me, no more advice, no more loving from my momma
Momma the burdens you carried in silent, with no one to share with puzzles me
Questions bombards my mind
Momma I’m sorry I was such an ass for a child. I’m sorry it took me so long to realize your strength, your bravery, and for me to realize how important you was to me
Momma sorry it took your death for me to appreciate life
Love,
Your eldest
