• I was there for you
    I watched you when you fell ill
    I was there for when,
    you left me alone
    with my kin
    to love for as if they were my own

    I was there
    when you drank;
    did things I didn't
    understand
    I was there
    when you found
    night life to be insatiable
    lethargic, yet never ending

    I was there when I didn't go back home
    I was there when I saw you again
    I was there when
    you tried and failed...
    and I was there...
    I was there when you said good bye
    Deciding your children of fifteen and eight years
    was not what you wanted anymore

    I was there
    pain etched so far...
    and then finally...
    I was there,
    at your wake, saying good bye
    kissing your cold skin
    for the last time as your daughter

    I am here, praying to the sky
    that you watch me every day
    that you were there for my graduation
    I am here
    wishing you could see my life
    see us grow up, and apart

    I was there
    You didn't want me
    I am here
    And I can't have you
    Mother oh mine
    I loved you;
    I love you