The Gabbling Goose
The Gabbling Goose
She gabbles on
A sudden burst from nowhere
A sudden cry of pain.
A call from 90 years ago
That grates upon our nerves
We cling to life
With wrinkled hands
Our pain is more
Than can be borne
Even with her silence
Which all too often fades
“Mama! Mama!”
Is all she knows
All she can remember,
Is 30 years too late
Mama’s gone
Lost little girl
She cannot kiss
Away the pain
Yesterday is gone
Ended many years ago
No mama here
To keep you safe
Gabble on
Old gabbling goose
Cry out for childhood
And for comfort’s home
The woman’s gone
The school girl too
Mother-wife no longer here
Grandma vanished from the land
Only here a toddler child
Hurting and alone
Crying out for mama
Yet dying all alone
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