mama sweet

choices that mama made
things time will not change
wounds that life cannot heal
I still remember, I still can feel
your hand on mine, I can still hear
you, mama, telling me , please stay here, stay near!
I wanted to be your friend
I searched for the right words to say
To make the fear in your eyes go away
I didn't know how, I didn't know the things that I know now
A flash in my mind, a feeling of pain, deep inside
My hand to your face to soothe the pain, to cover the bruises
It was a battle with domestic violence and we were destined to lose
I love you mama, I remember when you held your head high
I still can see you dancing alone , dancing young, dancing free
You laughing once and reaching your hands out to me
I remember you crying at night, I was a child but still, I asked God , why?
I remember, before you left , all those times that you wept
I didn't want to see him hurting you, I tried to drown out your screams
Our life together still haunts me in the quiet spaces, in my dreams
Oh mama, if only we could have held hands and run away
I would have run until the end of the world with you, I love you
I would go back and rescue me and rescue you, I would carry you
Mama, I still remember you.