Poetic Justice: The Unspoken Pain Behind Mother’s Day

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.