Hear Me Out, Please! (POEM)

Before we go any further,
I'd like to take this time
To tell my story I've been trying to tell
This will be my first time

I'm not perfect you see
Though I never claimed to be
But a GREAT mommy I am
Hear me out and listen to my plea

Truth was of no value
Just animosity
A judgement was placed upon my back
For all the world to see

The person that I am
Is not what you claim me to be
And you never looked behind this canvas
Of scars and secrecy

Take a look at my children
And I know that you will see
That what lies beneath their souls
Is every part of me

I'm not a perfect parent
I told you that before
And in order to see the interior
You must first open the door

I'm obsessed with this case
To that I fully agree
I worry everyday
What the effect on my children will be

No fairness
And no due process or equality
How did we end up with a broken system
With no accountability

A system that's supposed to help
Has destroyed my family
I was guilty and my children were removed
Before you knew what the results would be