Dear mom
Dear mom
I Remember being 8 years old and
Running to the road
You wear screaming at me and calling me worthless.
So I thought I had no purpose.
Mom do you remember?
That's the same day
I came home to find my parents passed out on the couch
No doubt I'm my mind I thought you wear dead.
So I woke you up crying
Thought you wear dying
But you weren't
You got up and stared yelling
I couldn't really tell why
Dear mom
Do you Remember all those holidays I spent outside debating if I should run
Away. But then who would be left to care for you. At age 12 I had to care for you. I had to nurse your hangovers just so you could drink some more.
Dear mom
I pleaded I cried I wanted to die but nothing seemed to get you sober
Dear mom
This ain’t a stab you
Im just trying to grasp
All this shit u put me through
Dear mom
I was 13 when I had my first drink
And all i could think about was you
How I didn’t want to end up like you
How I didn’t want to grow up and abandon my children just so i could feed my addiction
Dear mom
Your now two weeks sober and I’ve never been more proud.
Dear mom
No matter what you’d put me through I hope you alway remember that I will always forgive you
Cause we have the same addiction
Just different drugs, different highs.
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