
Mother Said
Once in my teenage years, from the living room window, me and Mum were staring out at the army of beaten council house terraces that bullied the expectation of our aspirations, when she looked at me and ... Mother Said “Leave this town,” my mother said These three words live in my head “I love this town,” my mother told But you are young and I am old “The world is wide,” my mother taught These four words I seized and sought “Enjoy the world,” my mother shared and thanks to he