Mum and Dad
Of all monotonies, forgetting's best
The steady drift of never knowing why
The easy sleep of worry dispossessed
Offenses fade and sorrows ossify
But all that I remember has a weight
It hefts a meaning on my breathing meat
Some vows, hard-hewn, make me commiserate
And injuries make mercy double-sweet
My name's a word you never know to speak
You don't know who I am and who I'm not
I found myself and saw I wasn't weak
You lost yourself, last battle that you fought
You greet me, as a stranger, with a smile
I greet you, as a mirror, with a smile