My Mother

my daughter’s oxygen.

I almost typed, You lost us over money.

I almost typed every sentence I had swallowed since childhood.

Instead, I left it blank.

Some people do not deserve one more piece of you, not even your anger.

I blocked her on the app and set the phone down.

Upstairs, Lily called for me.

“Mommy?”

I went to her room.

She was sitting up in bed, hair continue reading …