Read a Sample From
The Weight of Memory
Memories
What kind of mind lives in memories,
painful and sweet?
To live in the past
with people who have passed,
lonely and alone,
walking in a veil,
only smiling when memories arrive
to lift the veil away, for a time.
It is not good,
but until life brings new, better memories,
these are the happiest I’ve got.
In A Little Corner
of My Mind
Deep in a hidden place of my mind
A little child resides
Alone and fatherless
Lost in a world that’s dark and cries
Little boy afraid to live
Afraid to die
Dwells in a little corner of my mind
“Cry baby, cry
Mama’s goin’ wipe those tears away
As always
You fatherless child
Come rock in Mama’s arms
Grow to be a man
I’ll take care of you
As always
You fatherless boy”
In the world
A child in a man’s mind
Don’t know how to live
Just waitin’ to die
“Cry baby, cry
You fatherless child”
Deep in a little corner of my mind