give me something
to remember today for
The day is still the oldest painting
on the walls of memory...
don't spoil it
with too many details
except to add
the things we are beholden to
the vagary of weather and the season
add colour
to the mural
express my times of loneliness
and when I am happy
bring in my salad days
where I was stung with love
my early marriage,
how love separated into two
how I sacrificed all to win her
how she sacrificed everything
for the children...
how she loved her mother
I almost will want to be a Catholic today...
I am a child of God
mother, remember me... Mercy.
©jad
J