A Mother Lost a Son

And it’s shit like this that really hits home

How people are here and then they’re just gone

And raas the little kid was only eight

But destined to an unfortunate fate

But is it he that was unfortunate

Or is it we

‘cause he’s up there with God now sin-free

Yet here we are

Some of us way too old

Walking the Earth and we’re guilty

And all death is the same

‘cause all death brings pain

Maybe not for the deceased but for those left behind

Blood still running through their veins

But the pain of a mother who just lost her son

Is a pain that is one that is second to none

Imagine having to bury your kid

Years before even thinking you did

Sure that God would take you before him

Yet there you are throwing tears on his coffin

Wanting to crawl right in there with him

And the pain inside is like fire in your blood

Running through every part of your body

Making you scream

Wishing it was a dream........

But it ain’t

It’s a nightmare that’s reality

I lived that pain when I lost my Daddy

And I lived that pain when I lost him

In the first instance I was too afraid to sleep

In the second one the screams in my head wouldn’t allow me

Sleep wouldn’t take me

Sleep couldn’t take me

At times I wished Death would take my hand though

And walk with me

Silly old me

All pain is pain

Mine ain’t more important than yours

We’re all equals in this game

It’s just –

Sometimes I wish we didn’t have to feel it

And it’s a weird feeling ‘cause sometimes when you lose it

You miss it

Or maybe inside my mind I’m just deranged

Missing something that hurts so bad

But I guess without the happy you can’t have the sad

I guess without the thorns there ain’t really a rose

And without all the cons you can’t have the pros

It’s another one of those things that you just gotta live with

Until Deaths sweet kiss takes it all away

But until that day comes

All I can really do is raise my head to the light

Put my hands together...

And pray.

(17/03/2012 – In Pakistan

RIP Abdul Ghani)