Mother

In the darkness, on a cold and lonely bed
A young woman cries great tears of sorrow
Face buried in her pillow she sobs long into the night
Her heart torn and broken lies still beating on the dusty floor
Her breath comes in ragged gasps
Her body trembles with the power of her despair
The room echoes with the sound of her father gently knocking on the door
How can she explain that at a time like this a girl needs her mothers touch
And than can never be
A new wave of tears sends spasms through her body
She remembers her mothers soothing touch
Her gentle words
Her world-weary eyes that grew dimmer from moment to moment
As the darkness of cancer sucked the energy from her soul
Leaving her but a shell of the woman she once was
Before taking her away from her little family
Leaving them to fumble through the darkness without the light she had provided
Sobbing she clutches at the memory of her mother
Desperately searching for salvation
Her soul cries out, mother what would you say to me
Dad tries but he cannot understand how difficult it is
To be a young woman in search of a spiritual love
He broke my heart mommy
He looked me in the eye and while my heart was expecting a whispered I love you
He turned and walked away
Leaving me standing there, alone in the darkness
His words echoing in my mind without meaning or comprehension
What just happened she asked herself
As the tears began at first to gently fall upon the dusty ground
How could she have misread his intentions
She gave him her heart, She offered her soul
He looked at her with cold contempt
He offered her no warmth
A one-night stand in a filthy flat
Was the best he that could do
In a different time and place
She might have said yes
And followed him into the night
But mother without you here
She have learned her lessons the hard way
She used to mistake lust for love
And a warm embrace for commitment
Now she sees they were just using her
As they have a thousand girls before
A toy, a plaything, another notch on their headboard
Her love had no meaning
Her soul was hollow and cold
Until tonight
Where in the darkness, on a cold and lonely bed
She cried great tears of sorrow
Until she felt the soothing touch of a mother
Long forgotten
Who wrapped her in arms of love
And rocked her pain away
She does not know if it was a dream
And to be frank she doesn’t really care
Because in her heart of hearts
She knows her mother was truly there