An Addict by Kari Leggett

"Yeah so what?"
"I love you anyway!"
My mother coming to terms
that she can only have just pieces of me...
She takes it.
Picks me up, brushes off the dirt,
Wraps the wounds, kisses the pain.

"She's my daughter!"
I've heard her cry before
Searching for an answer.
God asks "Would you want another
To take her place?"
She replies, "No, I want her!"

My throat sinks into my chest
Finally someone won't give me away.

God questions "Do you want her different
or any other way?"

Her voice softens
"No Lord I'll take her
As she is.
Please give her the power to live
How You want her to live."

God says, "I love all, even the addicts,
Those that hurt inside the most
The tears and prayers
Won't be forgotten."

She stands by my side
Yet actually proud of me
She sees the wonderful that
No one else takes time to see.

She thinks I am beautiful,
She thinks I am smart.
Thinks that one day I'll overcome and save.
Knows too that I am brave,
And she is my mother.
I myself wouldn't ask for another.