My body hurts; my feelings hurt; my breath even hurts, for age is taking my youth, and I am fading into the night. But know this, my daughter, my beautiful princess, of how envious I am of your fragrant beaut, which I myself had once possessed; of how jealous I am of your ambition, of your prince charming who shall have you with a child and this happiness you speak of. Of how much I wish for you to be me, decrepit, useless and dying, you are the most prized of all my possessions. I do not know of love, but I am sure whatever it may be, I love you. I hope these words will forever be of consolation to you, that when I am dancing with the stars, as I had once danced with your father, you will think of me as having provided you with a wealth fit for the queen that you are. My advice to you would be, do not let it consume you as it consumed me; live the life I could never live…
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Mother! Come back! Don’t leave me!
— Anonymous
Mother!
Come back!
Don’t leave me!
Why must you always leave me!
I have only ever loved you, but never could you find it in yourself to love me; your daughter; your own flesh and blood.
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Mother! Come back! Don’t leave me! Why must you always leave me! I have only ever loved you, but never could you find it in yourself to love me; your daughter; your own flesh and blood. I only ever wanted to see you smile; to have that face of yours light up like… I don’t know…the time when I was young…
Do you remember when I was a child? The time when you and my father had planned for a