I love my mom but she lies.

On my way home from school I ask her if everything's fine she says yes yet there's an orange eviction notice on our front door.

I go to turn on the lights only to see darkness. I ask, "Mama why wont the lights turn on," she says it must be the old bulbs yet it's been like that for months now.

I ask, "Mama what did you cook for dinner," she smiles and says your favorite, soup yet everyday we find ourselves waiting in a long line at the soup kitchen.

One day I ask, "Mama can you pick me up from school," she says that she can't because she has to work a double yet my fellow peers told me they had seen her waiting at the unemployement office.

One day when she walks me to school I wait awhile. I follow her for about 10 minutes only to find her begging on the corner for money.

I cry out, "Mama what's going on?'' She looks at me and I look at her,it was then I had realized she was a liar.