Gently, very gently
She held the child in her arms
She was a mother, a protector
And would shield her from all of life’s harms.
Or at least that’s what the lady thought
As she leaned down to coo and smile
As she breathed her nicotine breath on her
And passed germs to her baby so vile.
The child at four got cancer
At six she’s no longer here
Yet the mother still smokes in her sorrow
For those who won’t listen never hear.
©Joe Wilson – It’s not just a fag anymore…2016
I never said you’d done it
though we both know that you had
the way you choose to think of me
so often leaves me sad’
I don’t know how I’ve hurt you
I never meant to charm
perhaps my easy-going ways
just cause you too much harm.
But we were drifting slowly
and then you suddenly perked up
the way a person might do
when they’ve found a more full cup.
But I never said you’d done it
I’d know that I had lost
and now you don’t believe me
and that’s too great a cost.
©Joe Wilson – Accuser accused 2014
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