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Dear Mom

January 22, 2012
By Emy3nerd BRONZE, Huntsville, Arkansas
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If you can't love yourself, how are you ever going to love anyone else?

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When you asked me what I thought of him
I told you the cold, hard truth
I said to you, "Mommy, I don't like him."
You got angry and left the room

I wasn't acting like your puppet
Like you wanted everyone to do
At age 8 I changed my mind
What I wanted wasn't you

You both fought hard to keep us
We all know what happened in the end
The one that was the better parent
Got custody of all three children

I think about you daily
Sometimes I wish you never left
You gave me nothing to remember
But a mother I still regret

© Martha V., Morton Grove, IL

The author's comments:
I wrote this for an English assignment. It has been five years since my parents divorced and three years since my mom got remarried. I hate my "step dad", I don't even call him that, and never will. My mother doesn't understand why I don't talk to her and her husband, but the reason is because he ruined my life and she let him. If you are a child with divorced parents and a step parent, I know how you feel if you ever get pissed at them. I am here for you.
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