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My mother was not a woman. She was the reason poetry still works.

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When I forget who I am, I remember who she was.

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My mom believed in resurrection, especially for fallen pies.

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When I kissed my mom’s cheek, even death waited its turn.

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My mother didn’t heal wounds. She taught them to behave.

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My mom believed in miracles, but still salted the pickles just in case.

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My mom didn’t need saints. She knew their recipes.

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My mother’s hands — two candles no storm could extinguish.

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When my mom said “come,” it felt like the earth was calling me.

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My mom was never tired — fatigue blushed in her presence.

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If my mom is ever judged, even God will blush.

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She never said “farewell.” She said “don’t forget to eat.”

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My mother was a country — one that didn’t asked for a passport.

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When I had no light, my mom gave me her eyes.

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If silence had a name, it would be hers.
-about my mom

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Every wrinkle on my mom’s face was a poem I never dared to read.

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From my mother’s pain, the alphabet of my tears was born.

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Mom: older than time, younger than mercy.

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She didn’t teach lessons. She let me discover them by watching her.
-about my mom

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With her bare hands, she stopped the end of the world from finishing its job.
-about my mom

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My mom could be so quiet that even God leaned in to listen.

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Every wound I didn’t have, it’s because she bore it instead.
-about my mom

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My mother didn’t teach me to speak, but to be silent with meaning.

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When she entered church, God greeted her first.
-about my mom

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When she called my name, even angels hushed.
-about my mom

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She wasn’t a saint. She was something tougher: human.
-about my mom

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Between two heartbeats, she built me a world.
-about my mom

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We are born as flames and die as ash because the world doesn’t know what to do with the fire in us.

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Society doesn’t want you alive with soul — just functional and silent.

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We are a world that demands perfection, but fears sincerity.

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