Happy Mother's Day

2024

on Mother’s Day I will
make my own coffee 
the way that I like it
a doe-like shade of beige
read a book uninterrupted
in the unbreached cocoon of bed
listen to the faint soundtrack of 
the movie you’re watching from afar
listen to the squabbles downstairs
and not intervene
and hope that you are fed
and know you are likely 
scavenging
light a candle
play my songs
put on an eye mask 
not wait for breakfast and handmade
trinkets to be presented
in a flurry of pride
instead 
I will sink into the
long-awaited version
of myself that 
with the dog a silent sentinel 
indulges in the luxury of
going back to sleep