(RESPECT, the movie and me)
That was the scene
at the piano
Jennifer Hudson as Aretha
and Audra McDonald her mother
From beyond.
Aretha was
A natural mom
To Jennifer and music girls
I think of the roles my mom played with me
I had needs.
Sometimes darkness
replaces losses
When we couldn’t mother our hurters
the folks we wanted as our special friends
were dead ends
-Nov. 25, 2021
