A Suit of Deepest Blue
Oh mother of mine, full of grace and virtue
what is it that breaks your warn heart in two?
Your days pass by with no smiles- only sighing;
at night I hear you on your bed softly crying.
Your ailing so wounds me, my soul it does hold.
Oh mother of mine tell me, let troubles unfold.
Oh son of mine with words straight and true,
this ache that I carry I’ll share now with you.
Though eyes grow weary and lines rule my skin,
inside love still burns, neither tired or thin.
It is not now the night that darkens my heart
Oh son of mine, soon I shall depart.
Oh mother of mine hush your troubled plan;
I'm thinking I know when this aching began.
Its root lay within my poor fathers demise
for then I first noticed light fade from your eyes.
How can I rebuild a world that did crumble
Oh mother of mine in the dark now i stumble.
Oh son of mine with your heart full in place
I see your late father in the smile on your face.
To see how you've grown and ways that you act,
you mirror your forbearer, almost double in fact.
My heart calls out so, to hold him once more;
Oh son of mine, life is now such a chore.
Oh mother of mine this I can do for you
I shall wear his best suit of the deepest blue.
a crisp white shirt and a tie from your wedding,
his shiny black shoes- cease tears you are shedding.
We shall dim the lights, then slowly we'll dance
Oh mother of mine, drift back to your romance.
Oh son of mine my heart's fit to burst
I fear nothing now so let fate do its worst.
All that I live for is here deep in my mind
and shall never erode beyond fading time.
Though years may return us all back to dust
Oh son of mine, go to him I must.
And there in the moonlight that flooded the room
the mother dreamed back, to her honeymoon.
Her son held her gently as they swayed to and fro
then felt her last sigh as frail life did let go.
She lay her grey head upon her son's chest;
peaceful once more, she drew her last breath.
Oh mother of mine in a grave marked for two
this will be the last thing I can do for you.
