Ernest Robles Poet Free verse

The Beautiful Horror of Living Life

Mom how i love you and I am so sorry 
that life was so hard -- part by you
another by people:  

i saw the horror  when i tried to help 
you but the two men were grown and I 
was just a boy & they raped you
-- it broke my heart. (them: too strong)
 I never turned away but felt i should look 
at the world to discover love. 

And how you sceamed for me to run away 
and hide -- OH never mother i'D RATHER DIE.

I had a vision of a Life I'm living and 
how so many people turned away from this 
film of pain.  I grew up upon a dragonfly
and we flew away -------------------

The water was blue the whales singing blues
and i climbed out of my head and went toward
the coffee beans.  I told the people:  i have
nothing to say but something spoke / i went
into a dream \ and now we talk about history.

 God only Knows What I'd Do without you --
then you died.  June 2021.  I miss you.

:: 09.15.2021 ::

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Indiana Shaw September 21, 2021 at 3:50 AM A truly sad tale of the crueler side of life, as a witness it was something your mother could not hide from you, you have lived through it together, now your Mom is at peace, may you now also find some peace from it all . . . Ernest Robles November 17, 2021 at 5:29 PM thank you so much