Adolescent09
05-26-2013, 09:58 PM
"I'm back home!"
Adol09
Every day at dusk she calls,
at morn, at noon, at night,
Her daughter is her pride and joy
Ripe fruit of labor, heart of life
The phone now rings, she speaks,
"How old is James? So tall now!
Is Suzie eating well?
How is Charles? How are you all?
Are you happy? Pray tell!"
The answer at the other end
after three short rings
swells from the mother's heart
to ears, from thuds of love
so deafening!
"I'm back home, It's as though
I never left, the kids and Charles
are fine!..."
Mother hears this, so content
her pride blinds sight,
She did not hear the end,
She did not see...
the urn.
Adol09
Every day at dusk she calls,
at morn, at noon, at night,
Her daughter is her pride and joy
Ripe fruit of labor, heart of life
The phone now rings, she speaks,
"How old is James? So tall now!
Is Suzie eating well?
How is Charles? How are you all?
Are you happy? Pray tell!"
The answer at the other end
after three short rings
swells from the mother's heart
to ears, from thuds of love
so deafening!
"I'm back home, It's as though
I never left, the kids and Charles
are fine!..."
Mother hears this, so content
her pride blinds sight,
She did not hear the end,
She did not see...
the urn.