Treat Me Like Your Mother

I come to you
fond as a blue ribbon
you can't get back
I don't need anyone
who takes more than
I can give you
the only way to know for sure
is to tip over during
a conversation and see
if I pick you up
dust you off
tell you how much
I remember about you
when you least expect it
multiple texts
well into the night still
on the back of my head
some blood
where I was rubbed
wrong.