I AM YOU…
i am….. what am i who am i
i am a woman i have traveled far the journey has been mixed
happiness and sadness loving and leaving empty and full
i hear the echo of my footsteps there is no other sound i walk to the end of the hall
shrouded in fear i ask can i do this
my mother appears she answers my question she walks beside me
though she died four years before i am aware she showed me how
she prepared me i hold the ancient sheets yellow with age
i recognize her careful handwriting penned are the words unsaid
i open the door to your empty room the silence explodes my head i want to run
there is no escape it is who i am i stand silently beside your bed
volumes spoken in my head each line begins and ends with love you are no longer there
still i feel you know my heart and you said as much when you touched my heart
and touched your own you said, you are me i am you
September 6, 2017
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