2004 for my mother
Did you really think these things
wouldn't get done
Once you weren't here to do them?
Don't you know that
I'm the one
Who will let you shine
right through them?
"Don't worry about
my lilies anymore!
Not important!" you gasped,
"Let them go"
and then you clapsed
your hand with mine,
We said good by
one last time,
And don't you know?
Your legacy is mine.
Your lilies bloom
and the Koi
circle their roots,
and, yea,
I'll tell you the truth,
We have big worries
and bitter tea,
Seen some long days
since you left me.
But lilies, your lilies,
are very important
to me,
Don't you know
that I'm your legacy?
So those arriving still see
Koi and lilies in the water,
And you, through me,
Your daughter.
Your legacy is safe
with me.
