My Mother

 

Her madness surrounds me…

 

            It engulfs every step of my life …

 

Her disconnected reality show looms above…

 

            It is seeping deeper into my sanity…

 

Each new day I hang my head lower…

 

            Closer due her shadows creep…

 

She reaches into the light but for an instant…

 

            The other she is dragging me back…

 

Righteous indignation streams forth hot…

 

            Fire from the dragon’s mouth burning its prey…

 

Religious fervor scraping the pages of the day…

 

            Preaching,

Fire,

Brimstone,

Redemption...

 

Judas turns her face on me when opposition follows…

 

            Past indiscretions come flowing for all to hear…

 

Never just enough

 

Never good enough…

 

            Demands raking my skin to be silent…

To listen,

To fix her problems,

To save

And to smile…

 

I lost my soul along the way…        

 

Recapture a spark a flame within myself…

 

The briefest of moments I found redemption…

 

            Forgave one wrong … forgot one moment…

 

Regretted a life time…

 

 By un-caging her shadows…

           

            Fell into a void of cold calculated disconnection…

 

Perfected this hole…

 

 Created a second skin…

 

            Cried too many tears

 

Screamed my fears…

 

Frustration sick of her confessions…

 

Her madness…

 

            Fascination for delusional incomprehensible insanity…

 

Tainted victimized all are foes

 

Beware of MAN…

 

Attracts only obscene caricatures to dance…

 

Created her reality musical show

 

A show filled with her own voices…

 

 

I lost my soul along the way… I lost My mother

 

Reviews

[Dkincaid]

I like the structuring too, the slight changings, the jumping. If you were trying to display a slight hint of insanity, it worked.

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

This is a truly touching piece. Well said and heart felt. Outstanding piece.
Debby

[Julia]

wow, i really like it
i can't nail down just one thing to tell you
so i guess this means it's an over all LIKE
and the over all intensity of your feelings

[MandarinOranges]

I really liked how you presented this piece. Having certain words in bold print always helps get a point acros, which you really didn't even need to do, but it made the piece LOOK intresting. You also had some very good word choices here. Through and through, a very nicely written piece. Keep it up!