I Could Never Be a Mother

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I could never be a mother.
My children would be just as broken as me.
They would turn out just like I did, I wouldn't be strong enough to break the generational mental illness and addiction.

I'm too broken to be a good mother.
They would suffer as a bystander through my personal problems.
Kind of like inhaling second-hand cigarette smoke.

They'd turn out the same way I did.
My mother is mentally ill, so is my father.
Addiction and mental illness runs through my blood like water in a waterfall.

If I can't take care of myself, how would I care for them?
It would be selfish to put an innocent child on this earth just so one day they'll suffer from something they can't control.

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