Mothers Sometimes Find
Themselves Marooned
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Mothers sometimes find
themselves marooned
On islands in an
unfrequented sea.
The burden is too great to
bear alone,
However much one loves, the
mind too free.
Each must struggle not to be
consumed,
Returning need for need
voraciously,
Souls left to survive all on their
own.
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