My Mama Sits Alone
My mama sits alone, whilst all i do is roam.
As the smoke loses its fire &
the last conversation we shared turns to ash,
she willfully breathes new life into the next
perfect crime against her body.
Nothing is what it seems in the realm of
never-ending dreams..
Who will play her part today i wonder,
as the next leading lady takes her position
in the light.
mama you think you are a prisoner
in the blasphemy of a million tortured
non-believers.. & that i am free???
Free to roam, whilst my mama sits alone?
My shackles are heavy & steal,
pink ribbons of blood upon them.. they
never leave the company of my resilient heal.
Barefooted & with constant grace, I drag along
my own personal jail cell of hell.. as i give good
face.
Still, alone I roam as you sit at home..
Go on mama, LET the voices of a zillion reasons
happily appease you, as i jump in
the black, scary sea, i could sink to the bottom
& take you all down with me.. at least the pain
would be drowned & the happiness never found..
But.. you still will be mama, sitting alone..
whilst i freely roam.. right?
I need you to swim to me in these dark & murky
waters. The cruelest of cruel seas..
Please, bring me a life jacket & leave the fictional
coast guards behind where they belong..
& mama, just swim like you did, so strong
when i was a little girl on your back, remember?
So strong, i felt the fight in your limbs, as you
took each crucial breath when you needed
oxygen to push on through, you never ever ever
gave up until you reached the other end.
All the while, with me on your back, you showed
me how to NOT be alone.. you showed there was
never a reason to roam.. direction & purpose with
each stroke, in the pool of life you were, you are..
my only true centre..
& now, as you, mama, sit ALONE, with your smoke,
in your home.. Sadly, i'm afraid that all i can do,
is aimlessly ROAM.
S.L.D
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