My Mother knows me
in special ways
that no one else does.
She's the one person who
is there when I'm at the
bottom
And the one who helps
me climb to the peaks --
She says I'm her teacher
and maybe so.

I climbed out of her
insides
and did what she
secretly wanted to do
but was afraid to.
Sometimes I feel we're
so close
I don't know where she
ends and I begin.