Mom Loved

This poem makes me very sad, is it supposed to make me sad, am I interpreting it correctly?

That being said, I love it. First off, it was already creative in the layout, and the way we get to read the text message between mom and her child. Even though we get to see such an intimate and private part off life, text messages, it is still pretty mysterious. With no real response from mom, even after "I love you, we're left wondering. Why doesn't she respond? How does the child feel that their mother is not reciprocating? But they still have a relationship because they have some sort of text interactions and in person interactions? I'm really curious to know more.

Aside from this story line, we also have the duck. At first, I was not too invested in the duck story, I was more worried about why we're not getting response from the mom, but then the mood shifts, and we're forced to pay attention. Clearly you picked this duck story for a reason, and it matters.

The mom never really acknowledged this duck mystery. She disliked that the duck was alone, and she disliked that the duck never came up. Then we have a blurb of texts about waiting for the duck and rationalizing what could have happened, and then the subject is changed. And mom only reacts to that subject change.

There's obviously a reason. I'm glad you don't tell us in the poem, definitely leaves us to interpret the story and think a little. I'm pretty invested now.

This is a gorgeous poem - I also really enjoy the layout which I think is very creative, as is the whole concept.
I agree with the other reviewer that it's interesting how the mum only responds to the daughter, but never messages back. I wonder if this makes the daughter feel lonely? As far as the duck - I don't know how dark the story is but I'd probably have to think about it for a while to come to a deep conclusion.
Is it meant to represent the daughter's feelings at all?

Regardless of the deeper meaning, I think this is a beautiful poem - one I will for sure be thinking about for a while & trying to 'figure out' - and I'll definitely check out some of your other writing
Thanks for sharing

This was super sweet! I was a little sad and worried about the duck though. It's really good writing I felt like I could kinda feel the characters emotions and the presentation of the story through text was really creative! The limit of the mom only responding through the reaction things heightened the story in a really nice way. The mom and daughter (female?) seem to have a really close and wholesome relationship. I enjoyed this part a lot
"I wasn’t done >:(
I thought about how unafraid the duck seemed
It didn’t even flinch when I walked up
Which was weird bc normally the ducks get scared
But she just watched me

Mom loved “But she just watched me”

Yeah it was nice
And I thought about what she was thinking about too
I bet she was happy to see the rain

Mom laughed at “I bet she was happy to see the rain”"
This was a great read, it's raining where I am rn and it created a very nice mood to read this story.

I hope you have a good day full of warmth and coziness!