My mother is a stranger



                              My mother is a stranger

            
                   I know who my mother is
                   but she's a stranger in my eyes
                   I don't know much about her
                   because all she ever told was lies.

                   She never wanted to be a mom
                   yet she gave birth to nine kids
                   she never knew any of them
                   cuz her time was spent doing bids.

                   She didn't want the mommy life
                   she wanted to party and do drugs instead
                   she never read me stories at night
                   she never tucked me into bed.

                    She lost her kids because of addiction
                    and she never even seemed to care
                    drugs were always her main concern
                    nothing she did to us was ever fair.

                     So I know who my mother is
                     but she's a stranger in my eyes
                     I don't know much about her
                     because all she ever told was lies.


                   

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Written on April 10, 2022

Submitted by thec.11942 on April 10, 2022

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme a bCAC xdxd xexe xfxf bCAC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,136
Words 154
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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