Mother

Mother,
do you know I
roam alone at night
on the backstreets
when I should be
home, in bed, safe and sleeping?
Mother,
do you know I
prefer car headlights
and moonlight
and a few stars
to light the path before me?
Mother,
do you know
how much I love
that you do not know
that your eyes cannot watch me
in the street alone
black skirt
hair loose in the wind
eyes barely open
when you would have me home at midnight
and now you do not know?
 
Mother
5.5.04