one
rainy morning
that was dark in various ways
i was run off the road on aicholtz
first year driving
age 16
by a speeding over the double yellow truck
me and my two best friends on the way to trouble
a flash of light
slam into a trench
i know the police dispatcher
didn’t tell you if i was okay or not
just to hurry to the scene
i was almost your uncle jerry
i bent the frame of my car
bruised nothing but my ego
had all my teeth
you flew from your car
over the crowd
screaming my name and
running with outstretched arms
and hugged me in a way i havent felt
before or since
you would have lost more than me
this i realized
and what i felt worst about
the whole thing suddenly
was scaring you
but i never forgot that moment
and how you loved me
love me
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