Are You My Mother?

I am a mother.
I chose this life.
My daughter once asked, "Why me?"
and I replied,
"Because I'd always wanted
someone
          exactly
   like
        you
to keep me company."

My children
are
the very
definition
of
living.

Beyond
the long
conversations,
the cooking lessons,
the hugs,
and
the bedtime kisses...

Regardless
of my
       unending
love,

not all of my daughters
belong to me.

They are hers.

They must not have
told her...

I am a mother.