Good girl
Good wife
Good mother
Red lipstick, blue cotton dress
Good father
Good husband
Shiny black shoes, handwashed suit
Good family
Good family girl
Pink bows, white socks
Good boy
Good brother
Bleached church clothes, grass stained knees
Good family sit at the kitchen table
Good girl chews with her mouth open
Good mother pops blue pills for breakfast
Good mother stares out the window
Good daughter picks petals off daisies, 'Mummy, do you love me, or love me not?'
Good family
Good family fight
Good lungs your mother gave you
Good daughter fights mother
Good mother fights depression
Good mother struggles to love her good daughter
Good daughter watches her mother dive into the blue
Good mother can't breathe
Good daughter cries out,
'Mummy, do you love me, or love me not?'
Good mother drowns in fear
Good mother worries she isn't a good
Good
Good
Good
Good mother
Good mother washes ashore
Good mother paints on a smile
Good mother bleaches lipstick marks from her husband's collar
Good wife kisses her husband's cheek
Good wife serves her heart on a platter for dinner
Good husband eats every bite
Good mother teaches her daughter how to love
Good love is served cold at 5pm
Good love is picking petals of daises,
'Does he love me, or love me not?'
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What Your Mother Never Told You
PoetryBeautifully written poems which follow three generations of women. 🌹
