Shaun Owen Abbott

Ask My Mama

Ask My Mama How She Is....

My Mama, she tells a lot of lies
She never did before.
From now until the day she dies.
She'll tell a whole lot more.

She used to tell the truth, a lot
But now it doesn't matter.
I died and went to heaven,
Her life is all a-shatter.

Ask my Mama how she is.
She'll say, "Yes, I'm fine!"
She wants to beg "Please help me.
I can't find that girl of mine!"

Ask my Mama, how is she,
She'll say, "I'm alright."
If that's the truth then tell me,
Why does she cry each night?

Ask my Mama, how she is,
She seems to cope so well.
She didn't have a choice, you see,
Nor the strength to yell.

You think you know the feeling,
But this cannot be.
For even though you loved me,
You didn't love as much as she.

She will smile and tell you,
"It's o.k. God has a plan."
But she will turn away and cry
'Cause she just can't understand.

Tell a joke and she will laugh,
But she is not o.k.
She wants to share the joke with me,
But it will not be today.

I watch from here, in Heaven.
Her distress disturbs my peace.
Will someone please take care of her,
And thus take care of me?

"Some day you will feel better."
"Yes I will." she lies.
She knows this will not happen,
Until the day she dies.

"I was so lucky!
I had her for those years!"
(They passed by in a minute,
I shed so many tears.)

Ask my Mama how she is,
She'll say, "Thank you. Good."
She cannot tell you how she feels.
Oh, how I wish she could.

Ask my Mama how she is,
"I'm fine, I'm well, I'm coping."
For God's sake, Mama, just tell the truth
Just say your heart is broken.

Ask my Mama how she is,
"I'm well, I'm good. And you?"
I'll shake my head in Heaven.
It simply isn't true.

She'll love me all her life.
I loved her all of mine.
But if you ask how she is,
She'll lie and say she's fine.

Her carnival is over.
She's stepped off the carousel.
But, to save you feeling badly,
She'll say, "Thanks, all is well."

My Mama, she's not gone mad, yet.
But, oh so very nearly.
Don't ask my Mama how is she,
Ask how she is, really.

I am here in Heaven.
I cannot hug from here.
If she lies to you, don't listen.
Hug her, hold her near.

On the day we meet again,
We'll smile and I'll be bold.
I'll say, "You're lucky to get in here, Mama,
With all the lies you told!"

Naomilee Smith November 1, 2008

my heart goes out to your parents

so sorry on your loss thinking of you at this sad time x

Liam Stocks (none) September 12, 2007

r.i.p. sweet angel

They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.

If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.

Mandi (none) September 12, 2007