The Revenge of One Humiliated
Mommy, thank you, thank you, thank you."
I take them both in my arms, I hold them against me, I hold them the way you hold your children, your life, your heart, your soul, everything you have, everything you are, everything you will be, and I cry, I cry all the tears I haven't cried, all the tears I've held back, all the tears I've kept for myself, for my fears, my doubts, my angers, my vengeances, my lies, my secrets, my crimes, and I tell myself that this is it, family, it's not blood, it's not papers, it's not lies, it's those who stay, those who hold on, those who love, those who don't leave, those who don't flee, those who don't betray, those who are there, always there, no matter what