my mother would have been 48 today,
but instead she is three and a half years gone
the world is cruel
cruel for taking her
cruel for not caring
cruel for leaving me behind
and infinitely cruel for making it so that I must pretend to be unaffected on days such as this
as if this short time has been enough to erase the 14 years she was with me
as if im not totally lost without her here.
people only care long enough for the lie to pass my lips.
then they are happy to return to their ignorant bliss.
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