To The Men Who Killed My Mother

A Covid-era poem by Kathy Tran Wilson

To the men who killed my mother

That never wanted to learn

The consequences that came

With the choices they made

That should have been for them

To the men who killed my mother

You may never know her name

But your decision to use your voice

To stop her life

Affected her the same

To the men who killed my mother

The one who cared more about the day

The one that came and infected her

With the deadly Covid strain

To the men who killed my mother

The one that shared her pain

I saw the regret in your face

As you heard your children say

Goodbye sweet mother, we loved you so

Let her death not be in vain

To the men who killed my mother

To the vanity you showed

I hope one day you lose that thing

That makes your ego grow

To the men who killed my mother

I speak for her today

You stole her voice and her choice

To vaccinate and stay

To the men who killed my mother

To you all I have to say

I hate you to my dying breath

For taking her away