Dear Mother, paint a portrait
Reflect the child you have grown
Nothing terribly fancy
Just tarnished bones

Dear Mother, paint a portrait
Mirror the depth of this endless hole
Not deep like an ocean
It's deep like a soul

Dear Mother, paint a portrait
Recreate the eyes kissed with rain
Wept upon by the underbelly of the sky
The candy-coated pain

Dear Mother, paint a portrait
Mimic the breath between their lips
Words caged, the song is hushed
With bloody finger tips

Dear Mother, paint a portrait
Forge the person they should have been.
Crack the skull, erase the sin and cut out
The child buried within.