I Remember This From Last Time

Lying on the floor

Melissa Steussy
Black Bear
Published in
2 min readMar 8

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Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

It was hard to breathe
I had to make all of these decisions on my own

My mother needed me to be a mother to her
I needed to be a mother to myself and my young son

You decided to leave
And I fell to the floor

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Melissa Steussy
Black Bear

When my fingers want to, I write.