Being a Good Mother

Dear future child

If it's 3 am & you find yourself in a world of complete dispair

Please do not turn to strangers on the internet for solace as I did

Please climb into my bed

And I will hold you until the demons sleep

If it is Thursday morning and you are too sad to move

I won't force you

We'll buy ice cream and watch your favorite tv show

I will remind you of your importance

If you feel as if you have no purpose

I will remind you that you were created entirely with love

Every pain you feel, I feel too

When you're sure you can't go on anymore

I will tell you that when I was 21 I searched for peace at the bottom of a vodka bottle chased by a bottle of painkillers

But that 5 years later

When you were placed in my arms in the delivery room

I realized that you were why I had been holding on

Without realizing it, you saved me, do you know how amazing that is?

So if you ever feel like grabbing that vodka bottle

Put it down

We will get in a car and drive till the sky is magenta

I will show you how the sun rises every morning to encourage you to rise as well

Sweetheart I refuse to be unaware of your sufferings

As my mother was to mine.

-Author Unknown

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I take NO credit for this. All I did was paste it. The Author is unknown, otherwise I would give credit where it is due. Thanks!
I just thought this was a nice poem. Very raw.