Unfair

You sing soft enough

so you think no one can hear

the notes you can’t hit.–

clips of broken vibrato.

The tune is so sweet,

the words are full of lovely things–

things that you believe in

but I never could.

What makes me squirm when

I hear your song in the kitchen?

How can you be so at peace

when our world is so dark?

Me, born a fighter,

and you so gifted in grace:

what an odd couple we make,

mother and daughter.