my children will always be
heirs
to
alcohol
I nursed a bottle
longer
than
my babies
to
my
breast
I could cry
for
those
days I
could
not
walk
the length of the zoo
holding
my small
son's
hand
too underweight
from the
trauma
to
risk
a
single
step
and I could cry
for the
season
I spent
away
from
them
sobering up
a mother-child
under
my
own
mother's
merciful
care
but
baby
it was
here
I learned
the grace
of
that
bond
and it was here
I grew
from
two
feet
tall
to
the highest
peak
when I took
my
last
drink
and I said
sayonara
to
that wasted
woman
of
woe
how I
have
swaddled
myself
inside
sobriety
taken
care
to
nurture
each nighttime
with
storybook
voice
a brave
performance
no longer
an
act
fore
I am
your
mother
child
and darling
we
can
do
hard
things
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Cali Loria
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