Who Will Hear?
We all write for someone
One for a parent
One for a grandparent
One for the sibling
One for the next generation
And another for the past generation
I'd like to write
For someone to hear
A parent
A grandparent
A sibling
The next generation
But who will hear?
When I am long expired
And my flame has gone out
Who will read?
Who will care?
Will a mother read?
Will a grandparent listen?
Will the sibling read?
Will the next generation even care?
Who will read?
Who will care?
Maybe a mother will
Maybe a grandparent will
Maybe a sibling will
Maybe the next generation will
Lets not kid ourselves-
The past generation won't
But maybe
Just maybe
The one to care is me
Maybe I need to read
To listen
To hear
And finally to act
To be the mother who cares
The grandparent who listens
The sibling who reads
The generation to care
And to dream of the words
That the next generation will write
For me