Letter To My Mother (An Apology.)
A letter to Mother.
Mum, (I'm Sorry.)
I know It was hard. Hearing your daughter say, ‘I wish I was dead.'
Hearing her cry from the voices in her head.(I'm Sorry.)
Mum, I know it was scary, that warm summers evening
Taking her to hospital after the police had been intervening.
She was scared too.
The voices in her head - they never repent
That's why she's on pills everyday - kind of like advent.
Mum, I'm sorry. You know this is me - it's just, you see,
Talking in third person is easier for me.
When I was younger, I'm honest, no lie
I really couldn't see a reason not to die.
I had all these issues, I was bullied, always alone
No one to turn to - my confidence was blown.
But then these friends turned up - you remember them, don't you?
Alex and Jack and the girl too.
They made me feel wanted, loved and ecstatic
How was I to know they'd been created in my head - my attic?
I'm Sorry.
I'm Better now - I swear
I feel like i'm breathing a brand new air.
I couldn't have done it without you, My mother
You never made me feel like I was a bother.
I love you mum, always have, always will -
Thankyou for being one of the reasons
that I am no longer ill.