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To My Mother, On Her Birthday
Nov 8, 2022
My fragile heart tied in tangles,
by careless words you spoke to me
Before I found my boundaries
Go blow out your gaslight candles
I, the child who caused the scandal
I, the child who loved you dearest
Before you bruised my soft spirit
Now blow out your gaslight candles
Love too much for you to handle
I could not know I had no chance
Against your haunted, broken past
So blow out your gaslight candles
I tried to cover up the vandals
Who came before my time on earth
I did not yet know my own worth
Alone, blow out your gaslight candles
