Mommy Issues

I gave you the sweetest part of me

And you give it back to me with endless silence

I still feel the emptiness of what wasn't said

I tried to be what you wanted

Mom, why didn't you ever really see me?

I almost lost myself to be visible to you

I just wanted my family together

Just like when I was a child

You used to bandage my wounds

Today it's you who causes the wounds

Scars say more than you ever could

And I still wonder: why don't you love me as I am?

Inside me, everything was falling apart, with no direction

I learned to take care of myself without knowing how

While you turned your back on me

I tried to be what you wanted

Mom, why didn't you ever really see me?

I almost lost myself to be visible to you

I just wanted my family together

Just like when I was a child

You used to bandage my wounds

Today it's you who causes the wounds

I have mommy issues, I don't know how to deal

Mom, I looked for you around every corner,

But you never came to find me

Mommy issues, a complete mommy issues

Mommy issues, mommy issues