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Subject: Maternal Burn

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Mari

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Date Posted: 22:35:20 02/21/02 Thu
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Maternal Burn

I wish I could forgive my own dear mother,
For a childhood rife with pain and confusion.
The frightful battles � one after another,
Led us to live lives of regret and delusion.

Not knowing I was deaf at the time of my birth,
I grew up believing my ears weren�t dead.
Which silently eroded my sense of self worth.
Totally twisting the thoughts in my head.

Misunderstandings colored my childhood.
Painting my character a counterfeit hue.
False accusations gave no defense where I stood.
Hidden in veiled silence and no one had a clue.

I actually believed I was the normal one,
And everyone else was off-the-wall.
But the truth of it was, the damage was done,
And I was the child, on the ground, left to crawl.

I wish I could forgive my dear,loving mother,
Whom, to this day, will not talk with me at all,
With whom all communication she�s managed to smother.
But now, it�s too late, I no longer want her to call.

Mari D�India 2/20/02

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Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Re: Maternal Burn	Deb	08:09:58 02/22/02 Fri

Re: Maternal Burn	Ted Yahraus	21:39:44 02/22/02 Fri
Re: Maternal Burn -- Lori S. Maynard, 11:15:22 02/23/02 Sat
Re: Maternal Burn	Jim AKA Rapid-Fire	21:22:33 02/24/02 Sun