Written by Destiny Bergeron
I look back and
I am awestricken
The absolute endearment it took
To raise all of us
My Mother is the strongest
person I know
She held us all together
And she did alone
Dad cared but wasn’t always there
Addicted to heroin
He tried his best
But our Mother never put anything before us
Raising 9 children
she wasn’t perfect
My words stumble
when it comes to her
Cuz she helped build
every piece of me
I’m almost identical to her
From my eyes
To my nose my knees
Even the way my pinky toe turns inward
I also was lucky enough to inherit
Her fierce lioness approach
to protecting her family
A switch that makes me
stick up for someone being bullied
She taught me that blood is thicker than water and no matter how bad you messed up
you can always come home
Her morals and lessons
carved the person I am
But I feel like
I’m missing so much
Cuz She’s done so much
Had my oldest sister Dec 28
3days after her 17th birthday
3boys and 6 more girls later
We now have children of our own
to pass on the lessons of our mother
She’s proud that we’re all happy
And healthy
We all talk to eachother
We all depend on eachother
Dads clean now
more able to help out
My Mother is the reason
we all made it
We were often in the ghetto
But not one of us ever got lost
To drugs
To abuse
To addition
Or anything we remain whole
cuz shes kept us together
No matter how far away life takes us
she always helps us pick
the right way to go
Never tries to clip our wings
wants us to explore the world
But is always there to lead us home
This poem has been inside of me
since I was a little girl
I’ve been searching for
the words to show
The great admiration respect and love
I have for her