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Awesome writing!
posted by
MomentsinTime
on April 5, 2009 at 8:08 AM
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Try not to let her get to you
that will annoy the heck out of her. That and if you bring up some unintentional annoyance to your mother -- if she divulged anything specific -- and make it sound intentional with a sinister laugh of your own. And if she has not mentioned anything specific that should deserve retribution, put her on the spot with a question: "Payback for what, mother?"
Above all, recognize that she is now just a voice on a telephone. Allow others to fill the motherly role that she is so poorly filling: your mother-in-law, an aunt, that kindly old woman at church who is always asking how you are.
Best wishes,
Carl Peter
posted by
cpklapper
on April 3, 2009 at 5:06 AM
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You are right Mal
It is only my faith in G-d that saves me from dwelling in depression because of my mother and our relationship which has been crippled from the time I was born due to her difficult relationship with her own mother. she felt abandoned and then probably betrayed that she had a girl first and not a son.
The wind is the spiritual aspects of my life and living and that is why my mother was and is so threatened by my faith in G-d because she can no longer get to me and unsettle and upset me. I think she likes to play with my emotions and enjoys up setting me. She told me the other day that my problems with my son's schooling is all payback for the 'grief you gave me as a child' and she was laughing. It was eery she was like witch on the end of the line and I hung up shaking like a leaf. Her voice had an element of pure evil and malice in it, as though she was enjoying the pain she was hearing in my voice.
posted by
Norwood
on April 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM
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It sounds as if you're trying to work through your relationship with your Mother - and poetry is a great way to do it. Good job. Mal
posted by
gapcohen
on April 2, 2009 at 7:48 AM
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Good poem, very good use of imagery...
posted by
Kayzzaman
on April 2, 2009 at 6:43 AM
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There is a lot of imagery there--a lot to deal with. It sounds, though, as if you will conquer in spite of the past.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 2, 2009 at 6:36 AM
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