mother’s day

you need

to cut your hair

son

for it does not

lengthen your

looks

but mom

don’t you know

i am bits of you

and you are

the most beautiful

bits of me

and son

you must

listen to your father

for he knows

how to be a man

but mom

don’t you know

that dad was a boy

who wished not to listen

to his dad

who wished the same

though both

never developed the language

to tell as much

as a child

to the child

and son

if you love me

then you will try

to be normal

but mom

don’t you know

that my love for you

is so strong

that it is anormal

and son

and mom

and i

loving

listening

lengthening

am i

to be yours

like the sun

raising warm little hairs

without the direct gaze

for i do not wish

to blind you with

the radiance

only your eyes

found in my i’s

could create