I.
I woke up
and found myself
cradled in your husk
as I had tried to become you
but all I made was but an empty shell

II.
“Have those years passed?”
she asked, perhaps with concern
but I simply stood there and
watched my jaw melt away in the light
my fingers fall to sand

III.
I cried that day
when you accused me, mother
but I wasn’t crying at my crime
but instead, at my failures
but you didn’t know
but you all called me weak
and perhaps I am
but I always tried to be of assistance
yet I always seemed to fail
and hence I cried
but I am not sorry
because I am still trying to find out how to express myself
but I have made no progress thus far
and so I am still trying to learn
but I have just started
hence you must give me time, valen