“As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.”

“I am what I am Are you what you are or What?”

“What I am is what I am. Are you what you are — or what?”

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”

“I am catastrophically in love with you.”

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope… I have loved none but you.”

“You were my home, Mother. I had no home but you”

“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.”

“If I never see you again
I will always carry you
inside
outside

on my fingertips
and at brain edges

and in centers
centers
of what I am of
what remains.”