The Beauty in the Beast

unmothered day

today is Mothers' Day

the sixth I've had 

without a mother to celebrate

i see the instagram posts

from my friends

celebrating their lovely mothers

it's hard to love someone

who put my siblings and i 

through so much.

to think "she did her best"

when she should've done better

i loved my mother

of course i did

but that was when

i was under the impression

that all mothers show hate 

before they show kindness

that screaming at you about your A

instead of an A+

was how all mothers showed their love

maybe it wasn't love at all