My Next Mom

A poem/song lyrics written 6/25/2011 2-5:30AM by Lauralee F. Hensley

Idea came to me after watching so much of the Tot Mom Terrible Trial Stuff, then listening to the beautiful music of Josh Groban. Then my mind was like that little girl could have had a beautiful life, if she'd just been given to someone who really cared. Adoption would have been an option.

Though this isn't exactly just about the little girl in Florida, it is about so many children that are emotionally discarded by their parents because of parents self-need over shadowing the needs of the children they are meant to love and protect.

Title: My Next Mom

Mom,

My Next Mom is so proud of me,

of who I've grown up to be.

Mom, I wish you knew

My Next Mom.

She is so good, it's almost hard to believe.

I'll always remember when

My Next Mom-

turned deep pain into deep love;

love I believe was a life changing gift from above,

that I will always try to pass gratefully on.

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My Next Mom

helped silence my hearts' angry fury,

all the times I couldn't understand fully,

why you chose your next fix and abandoned me.

I'm sure the drugs caused my secret deformities.

My Next Mom

looked past them, holding me close and tenderly.

To her I was never a burden or mistake,

easily tossed from a car after a tap on the brake.

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Mom,

My Next Mom is so proud of me,

of who I've grown up to be.

Mom, I wish you knew

My Next Mom.

She is so good, it's almost hard to believe.

I'll always remember when

My Next Mom-

turned deep pain into deep love;

love I believe was a life changing gift from above,

that I will always try to pass gratefully on.

_________

Mom,

My Next Mom gave me a real home and security,

though she wasn't rich, young, or even pretty.

She had a true inner strength and beauty.

Over time she instilled trust and good in me.

Mom, why am I drawn to your marker in this cemetery?

I've wished you would have sought out help and became drug free.

Babies even get sold for a next drug stake.

Some Moms do their time with casket mate Crystal Snowflake.

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Mom,

My Next Mom is so proud of me,

of who I've grown up to be.

Mom you will never know

My Next Mom,

Trading life for skeleton keys, futile were your twenties.

Mom, I'll always remember when you decided-

that deep pain needed more drugs.

I know now was your life changing deception con,

and Mom your legacy will not be passed on,

because of the love of

My Next Mom.