12. DELA’S SONG
She sighs
She wants to know: “Where have I erred?
I beg of you please, tell me my sins, so dark and vile
That I’m so battered and bruised,
Rudely robbed of my youth”
Most times she fights
Battling tooth and nail but frailty wins
Oh how she’d do anything
For a glimpse of hope, another year
She says: “Jesus I trust in you”
How do you love?
When you have known so much pain
You’re down on your knees
Saying prayer after prayer
You defy hell and fire
With so much fortitude in your eyes
Do you ever ask why?
When you look him deep in the eye
He who thieves lives
Is there peace in his eye?
Sadistic satisfaction
As he locks you in a tight embrace
Singing you lullabies you’d rather not hear
It’s time
In sheer desperation she clings on
River-rafting against death’s waterfall
Life ebbs away
Were there words left unsaid?
The taste of things left undone
Is that a smile?
The sight of surrender to what is
A total acceptance death, too, heals
It’s not the end
A place where weary hearts rest their eyes
Chorus
