"MAMA"

“MAMA”

Cji

6/18/19

IS IT A CRY IN THE NIGHT?

IS IT A SCREAM FOR HELP?

A CALL FOR SECURITY?

MAYBE JUST A FOUR LETTER WORD

MAYBE A WORD TO BRING COURAGE

MAMA

YOU HEAR THE CRY,

YOU LOOK AROUND TO SEE,

IS IT A LITTLE KID?

SCARED AND DIRTY,

REACHING AND CRYING

MAMA

AGAIN THE CRY COMES OUT,

YOU SEE A RETCHING DRUNK

CRYING AND PATHETIC

LOST AND ALONE

TRYING TO FORGET

MAMA

NOW WHO IS CALLING?

OVER THERE BURYING HIS HEAD!

A YOUNG MAN IN SHAME,

AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME,

NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO.

MAMA

THIS TIME SOFT AND SWEET,

SPOKEN IN REVERENCE –

IN UNCOMPREHENDABLE PASSION

FROM ONE WHO CARES,

JUST THE WORD MAMA MEANS SO MUCH

MAMA

KIND OF A FUNNY WORD,

UN-UNDERSTANDABLE AT TIMES,

BUT A MOVING AND CARESSING WORD,

ALSO A MISUSED WORD,

WHEN LOST AND ALONE.

MAMA

Wars do that to people

old and young a like

reaching into their souls

warmth so needed desired

crying MAMA one last time!

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