I Never Heard You Say Mom


Tamara Meaux


I wanted so much to be your mom

From as young as I can remember, I dreamt of you

My dolls and my cats were practice for your arrival

I imagined the life I would have lived as your mother

I thought of the family we would be

Although you and I were never meant to be,

you will always live in my heart &

I wish I heard you call me mom