For My Mother
In my darkest moment,
You were there to cradle me
Somehow you became my opponent
Preventing me from being free
You and I together
Perpetuated my pain
The way dark and stormy weather
Always gives way to rain
It was the only way you knew how to save me
And I wish we had known it would fail
Finally I had to plea
For you to leave me here, frail
Distance was what I needed
Once I got it, my trust was renewed
Try ever so hard we did
Thus now I can conclude
I know not to be dependent
For learning when you made it worse
Was for us, quite transcendent
and now we've achieved the converse