You show me
Who I sometimes think I am
But I don't want to see
Don't want to believe this scam
But I do see
My mother in me
But who am I?
And is/was she?
And where is she?
If I look into you
Will you show me where she's dawned?
Where she’s gone to?
Put your twin behind me
Will I see on and on into infinity?
Is she looking after me through you
From some other world?
Are you a glass-eyed portal?
Or is my head in a whirl?
I was a little boy
She was once a little girl
It's been more than 30 years
Since that changing form disappeared
If I stare into you long enough
Will I find her here?
The mom in me
The me in mom
Tell me who's been good and bad?
Who's coming over
and who’s long gone?
Tell me who is happy and sad
Tell me where are you going to Dad?
Eighty-six years towards your body's demise
As your memories fade
Into those glassy eyes
Trying to grasp those bygone days
Old age is not the prize
Nor is it in that can of beer
You, hanging on the wall
Rotund face
And never lying
Will you be all I have
To remind me how
Everything that deludes me
Is slowly dying?
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