dashing and smashing

she, like a bull in the china shop

dashed

and broke every fragile glassware

the familial values

together

we accumulated

and guarded so well

through trial and error

and with much pain

to cherish

to build

that neatly arranged

little nest

all in a moment

of fleeing
with no consideration

except

for her larger bed

that could accommodate a variety

calling it freedom and opportunity!

smashing

that beautiful building

the home of three

all

for sake of getting rid of the sacred

responsibility

that motherhood

that constantly demanded

a modeling

a witnessing

for all emerging mothers

thus she dashed

smashed

her mother’s motherhood

with her own

and that of her own daughter’s

henry victor     19.07.2010