A Mothers Epitaph
...A Mothers Epitaph
As I listen to the dirges
drifting by in gentle strains
I'm carried back to childhood
I am now a child again.
A hand is on my shoulder
I am by my mother's side
But I kn...
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Categories:
filicide, eulogy, funeral,
Form: Epitaph
Baby Dreams
...The dreaming fetus foresaw his future life
His mother woke roused by the vision from her womb
Her cherished child now cushioned inside
Would shame his family name
Ravishing virgins
His mother wept
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Categories:
filicide, life, mother,
Form: Free verse
Filicide
...A lady murdered her son because she couldn't afford to send him to school.
She wasn't only a stark raving mad lunatic, she was also a fool.
After she murdered her son, she killed herself too.
What...
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Categories:
filicide, death, evil,
Form: Rhyme