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I've got Achilles heel's all over my body. One is for the kids with cancer
another is for anything homeless.
My wrists? My neighbor's
How can you teach your mother to love herself?
The elderly. Unlikely friends. People.
Why do so many people have terrible parents?
I'm always giving pieces of myself to people, I can't help it but
I always feel empty afterwards.
and I've got one for you too. It's in my throat.
It's on my finger tips
Behind mt ears, my toes, inside my stomach. my knees, my elbows. my skin.
forget it.
I'm Achilles. You're the river.
I'm dipped in you and you get all of it. Everyone else can have my heel.
I've never felt like this before, what is it?
Maybe this is why my mother was always asking if I had found somebody yet.

She just wants me to stop aching all over.

She thinks a boy can solve that.

She thinks a boy can solve everything.

How do you teach your mother to love herself? 

Maybe this is it.

You may not have the answers, but when I'm with you I don't worry about the questions.