Mother Death's Lament
By Morgan LeFay
I am a widow always And yet a mother still. If my children do not fear me, Then soon enough they will. And if for any reason They strive to seek me out Then their brothers, they will shun them And their sisters cry in doubt. Yet still, and this is worst of all, My children will come back to me In caskets lined with velvet soft, Born on crys of futures They will never see. I have tried to comfort them With news of loved ones every day, But my children keep a weeping For the price they've had to pay. I wish that I could tell them In a way they'd understand That it's dying that's supposed to hurt Not finally being dead, But I can only hold them to me Like a million grains of sand. Just knowing, knowing, knowing That they'll never, never understand.any help please Written July 30th, 2001 © on Jul 30 2001 08:58 AM PST 0 • 13 • 1
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"I am a widow always And yet a mother still. If my children do not fear me, Then soon enough they will. And if for any reason They strive to seek me out Then their brothers, they will shun them And their sisters cry in doubt. Yet still, and this is worst of all, My children will come back to me In caskets lined with velvet soft, Born on crys of futures They will never see. I have tried to comfort them With news of loved ones every day, But my children keep a weeping For the price they've had to pay. I wish that I could tell them In a way they'd understand That it's dying that's supposed to hurt Not finally being dead, But I can only hold them to me Like a million grains of sand. Just knowing, knowing, knowing That they'll never, never understand.any help please..."