Mama
I’ve come to take you to lunch
Oh yes dear, of course
Tell me, are you new here,
where are you from?
Memories don’t fade they grow holes
I watch them swallow her mind
and part of my soul
60 years gone, she is a child, yet,
She smiles
She falls into love
She’s gone home
I can’t stay, I’m late
To help papa in the store
Mama made me new dresses
My brothers walk me to school
She’s loved, she’s home
This is our family curse
The layers of forgetting
We hope it lifts
We know we’re just waiting
I will go, inevitably
Each day, the best day left
Mourn for our past,
as I lose you, you’ll lose me
Time fails, and falls to dust
But promise
don’t pity this passing
for a little while
I hug my mama and kiss my daddy
They’ll hold my baby,
my precious you before you
let me go
I’ll fall into love
I’ll go home