Mother Dearest

Mother Dearest                                   February 12, 2006

Another long night without sleep

Just might make me weep

If I didn't already know I have some resolve.

Mother, if you're there and available,

Just hear my cries of sorrow and pain,

And please approach, nice and calm,

And lend your warmth and strength.

I need you, Mother Dearest,

For I can't make it without you.

I feel ashamed, my Mother, my nurturer,

For I've made my life dependent on you.

Nightmares haunt me at all hours.

They never retreat, and never yield.

They fuel my angry passions and my rage,

And I know not how to disengage.

Thus, I call on my Mother, my hero,

For she's always been there for me.

As a youth, I never knew all she was,

But now, I see more clearly.

Mother the soother, Mother my nurse,

The source of life and love for me.

Whatever's been said, it can't be discounted

The importance of Mother Dearest to me.