
Mine
Mother, I can't see
If you look at me
When I call your name,
When I need you with me.
Oh, Mother, I was so young and helpless
And you were spending the day away from me.
Inside all my days I was unhappiness
Waiting for the night to bring you back home.
Mother, I don't remember
On our last spontaneous embrace
Or even when was the last time you kissed my face.
But the absence that I wanted to forget, I always remember.
All the time I was yours,
But when you belonged to me?
I was a kid and would watch you leave
And when it came back, you're not caught me in her arms.
Oh, Mother, now look and see the world outside.
Can you see me in it? And in their world, I'm on your side?
Oh, Mother, I do not want to judge and point out what is not right.
I just wonder if someday you be mine?!
Eduardo Henriques