Trust In Me And Fall As Well

-Trust In Me And Fall As Well-
by Keaton Foster



She said
Back when she lived
Trust in me and fall as well
I ignored her
Refused to listen
I wanted to believe
More than anything else
After all
She was my mother
The giver of this life
So badly
I wanted it to work out
That I refused to see
That it was falling apart
Ripping and tearing
At every seam
I had no idea
Of the obvious
But then
One darker day
When I was twelve
She looked at me
For what would be
The very last time
Calmly she said
Son, my child, my love
All of it lies
I must leave you here
Alone
In this world of wolves
I must set myself free
By abandoning you
She rubbed my head
Kissed me on the cheek
She further added
My offspring
In yourself alone
You must come to believe
There is no other choice
At least that I can offer
I watched her leave
Never again
Would I see her face
Never again
Would I feel her love
As she wished
I was very much alone
Decades upon decades
Would slip on by
Until one day
The phone rang
It was a man unknown
He said, my misplaced son
Your mother has died
She drank herself to death
Her funeral
At this time and date
If you have the heart
Would you attend
Stunned
I held my true reply
He did not say goodbye
He just hung up the phone
At that would be it
I found my way to go
I was there all alone
No siblings did I know
Just strangers
All standing around
Feeling sorry for her
And I can only assume
Feeling significantly more
Sorrier for themselves
I said nothing
As the preacher spoke
His well-crafted lies
For a second convinced me
She was all those things
To those who knew her
Long after I
To me she was something else
I watched on as one by one
People paid their respects
And then ultimately
It was just her and I
Just like
The last time I saw her
She was deep below
With the world upon her chest
I said what I was sure
Had always needed to be said
Verbatim
I repeated her final words
At least the ones that stuck
The ones I held close to my heart
Trust in me and fall as well…


Trust In Me And Fall As Well
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014.