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Somebody save her;
she, my mother;
spare her your eyes
for she could not see —
not physically,
but emotionally,
blinded as can be;
one day, she'll love,
the next, she leaves.
Somebody save her;
the tears that keep flowing,
are wasted on men
who knew not of a heart, hurting.

(d.r.)

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