Mama Tells Me

Dear, my dear,

we’re facing a problem

I thought I always

wanted you to stay,

Now I can’t get you to go away

Mama tells me

I don’t have a problem

But everyone else,

Don’t have to wonder,

Mama tells me she has desperately

Wondered, how to make it through the day

I don’t have the skills,

But I try, and I try

To make her obsession

Go away

Dear, my dear, we’re facing a problem

I thought I always wanted you to stay,

Now I can’t get you to go away..

Mama always needs sedation,

Many slippy sock vacations,

I’m in need of no medication,

But I try, and I try

To make her obsession

Go away..

Mama tells me she wishes

She were like me

She doesn’t know the demons I keep,

Mama tells me she has a problem,

No one else has this problem,

No one else has to wonder

I no longer know the demons she keeps

But I try and Try

To make her obsession

Go away….

Dear, my dear, we’re facing a problem

I thought I always wanted you to stay,

Now I can’t you to go away

Now I have lost my mind,

I have slippy sock vacations,

I’m in need of constant sedation

Where the hell is my medication,

Off to the ER I go,

Hoping I will score,

Holy crap do I need more,

A descent worse than Kafka

Now I try, and I try

to make my obsession go away

The only thing I can do is break the chains,

Now my obsession has gone away,

This is only temporary,

I must ask for help every day,

Dear, my dear, we’re facing a problem

I thought I always wanted you to stay,

Now I can’t get you to go away