[ WP ] Write a poem about losing a mother figure .

My mother is my friend 
 
 She's been with me since I was born 
 
 She said her love would never end 
 
 Told me she had sworn 
 
 Then one day my father came 
 
 I had n't seen him since I was nine 
 
 He saw love as a game 
 
 Mother cried, when he called her a swine 
 
 I watched as they fought 
 
 Yelling and screaming 
 
 Mother cried out when he gave her a swat 
 
 I thought I was dreaming 
 
 Then I heard mom start to beg 
 
 And my father pulled out a metal blade 
 
 First he slashed it across her leg 
 
 As the red came, I ran to mother's aid 
 
 My father turned and threw me back 
 
 My mother screamed once more 
 
 I heard many smacks as my vision went black 
 
 When I saw again, I saw lots of blood on the floor 
 
 Then my father left 
 
 I crawled toward the still form of my mother 
 
 I consider my father's crime a theft 
 
 For when it came to my mother, well there was just no other
