Life Support

On life support
They told me
But she was with me
In my mind, my memory

She was with me
In my darkest hour
When I was almost killed
By her husband, my beloved daddy
Who loved to use his fists

When I lost my baby
When I was left at the door
Of the old clap board cabin
She was my life support
Who stood by me in silence

The cab took hours
Driver hoo-humming in the jam
An accident, a pile up
The windows were unclear
My eyes had misted
It was a long road to perdition

She was on life support
They told me
But not anymore
I just saw walls of cool white
Averted eyes, the sympathetic smiles
The hesitant touches

I saw her husk
She had departed
For places unknown
Wails and lamentations
Washed over me
As I silently said farewell
To my life support, my mother.