Elucidating Questions

Mom, I love you

But I don’t think that says it all

You’ve made living more bearable

You’ve supported me

You see

I used to think these things were a given

Something to be expected by every mom

But they’re not

There are moms out there that do terrible things to their children

But you’re always there no matter what

You accepted me for who I am

When I came out as a man when I came out as an in-between

You accepted my chosen name even though you were the one who chose my birth name

You didn’t hold some ideal of who I was supposed to be over my head you just let me be

Despite me being one of those awful voices that told you you weren’t sick

When I got sick you believed me immediately, supported me, understood me

You have helped keep my babies fed when I could not

You are this brilliant, bright, wonderful light in the world

I hope I shine even half as bright as you

Mom, I love you

But that doesn’t even express the half of it