“Mother” by Matthew Crowell
November 17, 2021
In the corners of her eyes, it begins to water,
The people and town she continues to slaughter
The day of reckoning is far from near,
Because of Mother it’s always here
She smells, looks, and eats about,
Down every little driveway and every little route
No resistance is ever offered to her,
But even if it was it wouldn’t cause a stir
Beneath her nails lies remanence of flesh,
From all the little mortals she netted to mesh
Mother loves to paint, she knows it quite well,
Too bad her canvas is a ravishing, burning hell
Eyes of flames and lips of dread,
What isn’t yet gone will never be fed
Nails of anguish and a heart of distress,
One step forward equals one bloody mess
“She’ll never stop her rampage,” a survivor once said,
Mother only listens to the calls, so she only looks ahead
In the essence of her existence lies a spirit so fair,
But is masked by eternal torment to rip and tear
All the puny ants flee from this relentless creature,
But the total width span of her fire she will soon feature
The anchor of malfeasance crashes her legs to a crawl,
For the apparatus stands idle, a pause, then a fall
An aria of sorrow cries in tandem with her soul,
A heart like a kiln, one that longs for coal
dexter • Dec 3, 2021 at 12:09 pm
Did mother die?! If so why? Did she eat everyone and her own demise was her greed?