my mother hides inside the earth

The night they found Her body,

I was too young, I did not understand

She could finally come home, I thought

It had been so long

When they took Him away the next day,

I was too young, I could not understand

Why would they take Him, I thought

When they did not bring Her back

When I heard them say the reports came,

I was too young, I did not understand

She was so small, after all

How could the soil fit in her lungs?

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