OH, MOM!

I wish you were around.
To help me get through this divorce.
Be here to guide me.
Put your arms around my neck.
You left me alone at fifteen.
To learn about life.
Without encouragement.
To figure out problems alone.
I opened doors.
Where was I going?
No adults to lead my way.
I was lucky.
I was safe.
A Guardian Angel watched over me.
I often feel your presence,
In stressful situations.
Your energy abounds me.
I hope you can hear me.
I need your spiritual connection.
. . . help me

by Jaymee Chanen,
from Ruby Slippers, Finding Your Way Home from Emotional Abuse.
North Star Press, St. Cloud, MN, 2008.
Reprinted with permission.