You are to me like what tears are to my eyes

Like heat is to my neck

Like sweat to my brow

Like weakness to my knees

You just can’t leave me the fuck alone

Why can’t you leave me alone?

What the fuck is so hard about that?

You are to me like weight is to my chest

Like teeth are to my nails

Like swirling is to my consciousness

Like silence is to my lips

Floating above myself and also grounding me to earth

Like ringing in my ears

Like pain in my hips

Like screams trapped in my lungs

Like bile gathered in my mouth

Isn’t that what a mother is supposed to be?