Poetic Justice: The Unspoken Pain Behind Mother’s Day
To the Children whose Mothers have died
Whose mothers were alcoholics and addicts
Whose mothers ran away or were abusive
Whose mothers truly cared but didn’t know how to mother
Whose mothers were negligent or just not always there for
you
To the Mothers who became a mother due to rape
To mothers whose children lashed out because their father
died or ran away
To mothers who were not ready to be a mother
To mothers whose spouse was physically, verbally, or sexual
abusive
To mothers who were scared to be a mother because their
parents were never
there, or were abusive
To the Women who wanted to be a mother, but never got the
chance
To the women who are told they are not allowed to be a
mother because they are
queer
To the women who had miscarriages or are living with the
grief of aborting their
child
To the women who are told their self worth is solely based
in bearing children
To the women who had to make the difficult decision to put
their child up for
adoption
To the women who endure the hardships of patriarchy
To the women who rise up with strength in the face of
adversity
To the black and brown women who have undergone racist forced sterilizations
Who fight against our patriarchal and racist unjust wars, and for better public
health
Who bleed for freedom, justice, and democracy, and are willing to die
fighting for revolution
To women and mothers who are the bearers of life in this world
To women and mothers who have All raised or mentored
societies children in one
way or another
To the children who are in pain due to the loss of their mother
To the women, children, and mothers who come from broken
homes
To the fathers or grandparents who raised children without a mother
To peace, to love,
and to Justice. Solidarity.
