i tried to explain
to my mother
sometimes i feel some emotion
so deeply i need to cry
i told her about laughing
and about smiling
at the funniest things
my friends have said
she told me
that is normal sometimes you have
to cry
to show how much you care
and then i was angry
because not once
has the little girl
that lives within me
heard my mother ever
speak those words
so softly
so honestly
so treacherously
