Hold On, Don't Let Go
I had to pay a ferryman
To take me up the river
Four days watching bodies float by
Just to go to see my mother die
She sat in the garden
Her hands on her lap
Said you remind me of my son
Haven't seen him since before it all began
He was a man finding himself
I hope he's done that now
And if we reunited
I would say to him
When you have what you need
Even if it wasn't what you wanted
Reach out your hand
And hold on and don't let go
And if you look into her eyes
And yet look over her shoulder
Hold on to her hand just a little longer
You might change your mind
My mother looked at me
Mottled paper skin
She smiled at the nurse
Took her medication
She said the nearness of death
Has a way of clarifying
But now that it is here
It is no less terrifying
When you have what you need
Even if it wasn't what you wanted
Reach out your hand
And hold on and don't let go
And if you look into her eyes
And yet look over her shoulder
Hold on to her hand just a little longer
You might change your mind
Reach out your hand
And hold on and don't let go
And if you look into her eyes
And yet look over her shoulder
Hold on to her hand just a little longer
You might change your mind
To take me up the river
Four days watching bodies float by
Just to go to see my mother die
She sat in the garden
Her hands on her lap
Said you remind me of my son
Haven't seen him since before it all began
He was a man finding himself
I hope he's done that now
And if we reunited
I would say to him
When you have what you need
Even if it wasn't what you wanted
Reach out your hand
And hold on and don't let go
And if you look into her eyes
And yet look over her shoulder
Hold on to her hand just a little longer
You might change your mind
My mother looked at me
Mottled paper skin
She smiled at the nurse
Took her medication
She said the nearness of death
Has a way of clarifying
But now that it is here
It is no less terrifying
When you have what you need
Even if it wasn't what you wanted
Reach out your hand
And hold on and don't let go
And if you look into her eyes
And yet look over her shoulder
Hold on to her hand just a little longer
You might change your mind
Reach out your hand
And hold on and don't let go
And if you look into her eyes
And yet look over her shoulder
Hold on to her hand just a little longer
You might change your mind
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