Mothered

My mother is not a good mother Perhaps I tried to deny such a truth at one point Perhaps I always knew Cruel, masochistic, benign to my every woe I only wanted to be mothered, mother I think I dont want a mother, anymore, Mother? She was never my mother No, always but a mother to anyone else Mother, all I wanted was to be mothered I only wanted you to pay attention, To my bellybutton, mother All I wanted was a mother, mother, Not you.