dear mother

It is the blue slippers I wear

Those that are always held dear

This same blue slippers stay near

They remind me of my fear

A hot lash on my back

Screaming for you to come back

To hold me with your tender care

But from my reach you disappear

Even though I see you so near

Ten years down the line

It’s the same sad empty feeling

Of seeing others that you cared for

Others that are loved by their own

But here stand I, oh so alone

Why can’t you see?

Can you not hear my plea?

You grace yourself with a name, me

But you let my heart bleed

Aching for a love guaranteed

A love that should come from deep within

But I see your toil, I see your anger

From a life they took away

It makes the hate disappear

I know it’s only you and no other

I still love you, mother