You Reap What You Sow: My Thoughts on Mother’s Day

In words, thoughts, deeds, and actions
You relentlessly programmed out emotion
Chief among those:
Love and affection
Yet now you resent the minimal love and affection
I have for you

Those times I cried when I had to say goodbye
To him,
My beloved idol,
Your despised ex,
You silenced my tears
With both threats and punishment
You were “really going to give me something to cry about”

Think about how
I won’t cry
When I say goodbye
To you