Motherly Love

She’s yelling again. Her voice is getting louder and louder. She says that she’s stuck in a rut and it’s the little girls fault. She says that it’s not fair she was burdened with a kid she didn’t want. She says “Look what I’ve given up for you.” She’s drinking again. Her slur is getting stronger and stronger. She says she drinks ‘cause it’s the only way to get away. She says she needs to escape from the girl’s ugly face. She says “Do you see what you make me do?” She’s crying again. Her sobs are coming harder and harder. She says the man that she loved more than life has just left her. She says he didn’t want kids and she should have known better. She says “My life is over ‘cause of you.” She’s calling again. The sound of the phone just rings over and over. Here message says she's had no word from her daughter. She says what kind of kid doesn’t call their own mother? I say “Thank God she never got through."”