Farewell Mother

Stealing a glance at the wrinkling Of your aging face, I heave deep sighs Biting hard on my lips, struggling To hold back saltless tears from my eyes No use! They rain down my cheeks Knowing this is the perfect moment In torrents they pour, pour, pour, Making a mess of the thing around my neck I look out the window as clouds gather Saluting one another with Clattering sounds of lands farther Than the reach of my senses, including the sixth I wipe my watering holes quickly Fearing you may be awakened anytime By the bellows and exchanges of blows Between angels and demons in the night sky My companions: Good and Evil, Toss me left and right As Reality, like a ghoulish weevil, Paints a picture so lucid and bright Heaven's wetness starts to pelt Your sleeping body like a petty thief In portions that help to melt My doubts and fuel my anger and grief No more waiting on the Lord! No more patience for the fattest bone! The Devil now has this dog's soul! These tears have made me stone cold! Forgive me mother, have mercy on me You have been my God, my heart and My world. I am leaving home to see Myself someday clothed in gold or else... in sand.