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Helpless Mother
You give birth to this beautiful baby boy.
You want to give him everything life offers.
You love him with all your heart.
You give birth to this beautiful baby boy.
You had no money to support him.
You didn’t give up on trying, but he did.
You gave birth to this beautiful baby boy.
Who grew up in prison because he picked drugs over school.
He grew up begging for his mother back.
You gave birth to this beautiful baby boy.
Who was told he could FaceTime you twice a week but couldn’t.
As hard as he fought he could not speak to his mother, the one person he needed.
You gave birth to this beautiful baby boy.
Who turned to self harm to try and get the help that he needed.
After many sleepless nights and lots and lots of pain, he was then sexually assaulted.
Your beautiful boy.
Struggling and in so much pain.
All you can do is sit there and watch it all happen.
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With lines from “A Mother watches helplessly as her teenage boy deteriorates in a Texas Youth Prison” by Lisa Armstrong, A Pulitzer Center reporting project.