ROADS THAT LEAD TO DEATH; JOURNEYS ENDING UP AS FINAL JOURNEY

MOM, BELIEVE ME MOM.

I KNOW  YOU TAUGHT ME TO WALK

AND CYCLE IN OUR GARDEN.

MOM, I CAN RECALL THE SMILES ON THE

FACES OF DAD AND YOU AS I PEDALED THE

TWO WHEELED WONDER  FOR THE FIRST TIME

I KNOW YOU WOULD BLOCK ME FROM GOING TO

THE ROAD WINDING BEFORE OUR HOUSE

EVERY TIME I TOOK THE CYCLE

YES I CRIED TO POSSESS A CAR

WHICH I CAN DRIVE IN THE HALL

YEAH, IT WAS THE FIRST TOY

I GOT TO ENJOY AND I WAS IN A DREAM WORLD 

BUT MOM , YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THESE BIG CARS

WOULD TAKE ME TO THE NEXT WORLD

MOM, YOU'D TAKE ME TO THE PADDY FIELDS

ON A RAINY DAY AND I WOULD TALK

TO THE BUTTERFLIES  AND YOU TAUGHT ME

TO CATCH THEM AND LEAVE THEM SAFE

MOM, YOU TAUGHT ME HISTORY

WHERE I LEARNT OF BATTLEFIELDS

OF YESTERYEAR'S   AND SHED TEARS

MOM, WHY DIDN'T  YOU TELL ME THAT

THE ROADS ARE  THE REAL BATTLE FIELDS?

MOM, WHY DID N'T YOU TELL ME

THESE VEHICLES ARE  METAL MONSTERS?

MOM, I THOUGHT I'D REACH HOME

IN AN HOUR AND GO FOR A SHOWER

BUT  I HEAR MOM, THE MEDIC TALKS OF

 AN HOUR OF LIFE LEFT IN ME MOM,

I CAN'T TALK AS I CAN'T OPEN MY MOUTH

I CAN'T SEE AS MY EYE LIDS  ARE SEALED

I CAN'T MOVE AS MY LIMBS ARE FROZEN

BUT I CAN HEAR ALL... WILL YOU BE HERE MOM 

BY THE SIDE OF ME NOW? 

YOU TALKED OF TALKING TO ME

WHEN I WAS INSIDE YOUR WOMB

WHY CAN'T YOU TALK TO ME NOW AND 

AT THIS MOMENT...

MOM, WHY DID YOU THROW ME OUT

AND NOW I'M TO THE TOMB?

O.K  MOM,  WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ALL WOMEN 
NOT TO THROW ANY BABY OUT

IN FUTURE ... IN TO THIS WORLD

THAT HURTS AND HURTS AND HURTS

OF ALL GOOD HEARTS...