Shorts

Mother always cut my nails
Short,
Tidy Mother said, you must
Look tidy. 

I always cut my nails
Short,
Until one day
I said enough now
Enough.

I let my nails grow
Just beyond 
Short, still tidy though
Unlike Mother’s
Fantasy child.

I let my nails grow
Beyond 
Mother’s 
Vision. 

I let my nails grow
Beyond 
Mother’s 
Wishes. 

Mother always cut my nails,
Cut my spine,
Cut my umbilical cord 
Short.