And as i watched my mother raise her hand to strike , 

my brain was regstiring the words her mouth were spuing out like daggers. 

'You won't be anything more than a statatic" --

I made sure to give her a reason to wish each morning : that she were a better mother to my siblings and I .

How could you not see the child you carried for nine months ?

The smile that you played a part in creating?

How could you also play a part in taking that smile away ?

For you i wish i had more time : 

to show you how to raise a child the correct way .

To remember that your child is your greatest gift to the world. 

I have proven you wrong at every turn to get you to see me for me and not the hurt you have experienced at the hands of my father. 

All i ever truly wanted was for you to see me . All i ever needed was your undying love 

And at each stage in my life : you proved that i was invisble . 

You've hurt me beyiond repair and today : i strive tyo be better than you . 

You've taken the only thing I would ever live for 

and today : i will graduate with a degree simply because you told me i wouldn't . 

I have shown my son : whom youve tooken from me , that our bond is unbreakable 

even in the after life. 

So no matter how much you seem to ignore my existence : 

you will have to fact the gact that i am here and that forever : i will be the child that needed to be seen .