A mother pleaded guilty
And sentenced for second degree murder
For killing her 13 month old daughter
Who had undergone months of horror
She was addicted to drugs
Didn't have anybody to help her
She's a tragic figure
Rather than an evil figure
She feels tremendous remorse
About what happened to her child
A short life and litany of injuries
She shattered her skull
Breaking her bones
Human bites
From head to toe
Fingertips blackened
From cigarette burns
Blisters inside her lips
From a hot crack pipe
And this was love, from a mother to her child?
She feels terrible about it
Never intended to kill her
She gave birth to another child in jail
While awaiting trial in her daughters murder