Canvas of a Short Life
She had spent her whole life, only to end up with nothing in her hands.
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Mom followed my wish and didn't take her own life. She faced no legal consequences because she had lost her sanity.
For countless days and nights, she sat on a cramped bed in the psychiatric ward, staring blankly out the window. She kept singing something unconsciously, her voice faint and soft. Only by leaning in very close could one hear that she was singing a well-known lullaby.
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird. And if that mocking bird don't sing, Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring."
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