Dear Mama, I sat surrounded by the whole family, presents piled highBut you weren't thereI would stare out the window, hoping that you might careBut you never showed up, and I realized you had liedWas it foolish of a daughter to want her mother?  I stood on the stage, listening to the audience clapping as I accepted my honor roll awardBut you weren't there I would look at all of the parents, thinking about how it wasn't fairBut you never showed up, and the dejection within me roaredWas it foolish of a daughter to want her mother?  I walked across the field, took my diploma, and faked a smile as the family cried proudlyBut you weren't thereI would look at my peers' true ecstasy and let out a breath of airBut you never showed up, and I wondered what was wrong with me. Was it foolish of a daughter to want her mother?  I graduated college and got a degree, on the way to successBut you weren't there I would look at my coworkers and think of all of the weight I had to bareBut you never showed up, and I was a mess Was it foolish of a daughter to want her mother?  I acquired wealth and was doing so greatYou were finally thereI would look at everything I earned then look back at you with a prideful stareYou had finally showed up, but it was already too late Was it foolish of a daughter to no longer want her mother?