1969
Born in 1969 just after man walked on the moon
3 years after England won the world cup
Something they still go on about even now........
Autumn 1969 the last gasp of the swinging '60's
The last Xmas of the decade was to be my first
The day before the beatles released Abbey Road
Born in 1969, a long hospital stay
A vision of times to come
A sickly child, don't expect him to live
Crawling into the 70's
Depression and strikes
the 3 day week
Through the awful 70's
Hospitals and doctors
Tubes and Humiliation
Medical decade kill or cure
Or was I just a test subject ?
Try a new treatment as he does not respond
Late 70's passing now
A voice to speak
A silence to swallow
Into the 80's almost a teen
Still they come, still they test me
Still they talk as if I am not in the room
Still Mother you take me
Still Mother you diagnose me
Still Mother you sign the consent forms
Still Mother you blame me
Still Mother you say I am sick
Still Mother you do not hold me
Still Mother you talk to the doctors
Still Mother you say "The boys not right"
Still Mother you say "Is there anything to be done ?"
The 90's are here now
Into my twenties almost a man
Now addicted now a mess
The 90's are a blur
My anger a physical thing
My body no longer mine
Still the doctors come
Still they talk to you
Still they try and cure me
Still they shake their heads
Still they take my blood
Still they strip me naked
A century is finished now
As I am moved away
Freedom is calling
A doctor is reading my notes
This time at my request
Again he shakes his head
Again he questions me
"why was this test done ?"
Again I do not know the answer
The doctor is reading my notes
The doctor is dismissing it all
The doctor is concerned for me
The doctor does not believe
The doctor can not see why
The doctor cannot understand
Why did you do this Mother ?
Why did you do this to me ?
Why did you hurt me ?
Why did you tell them all those lies ?
Why did you make me sick ?
Why did you not just love me ?
Mother why ?
Mother why ?
Mother why ?
MOTHER WHY ?
Boneman 2007
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