An entire world lost its mother today
An entire world got the news
Somewhere on a California highway
An entire world full of children
Women and men
Going north, south, east and west
Each one with a mother inside each of them
Even if their mother is just an empty space
Left behind by her absence
And yes, there is even a mother in that man
Who only speaks of knives and steak
Make no mistake
There is a mother in that man
Who wants to feed us all
But an entire world lost her mother today
An entire world got the news
Somewhere on a California highway
And this world is my friend
And she loves her people
And she seems to be everywhere
Loving everyone always all the time
As if she
As if she herself
Was the mother of the world
But where is her mother
To love her like that now?
There is only an empty space
An entire world lost her mother today
And the mother in me
Wants to say to the mother in her
While she pushes through all of her pain
And continues her campaign
To become the mother of the world
Dammit girl
Have a rest
Drink some tea
Maybe even catch some quality daytime TV
But I don’t say it
Because I’m a dude
And it would sound awkward
Because I’m only supposed to talk about knives
And steak
But I also don’t say it
Because she is my friend
And she is an entire world
And an entire world lost her mother today
And an entire world got the news
Somewhere on a California highway
And that empty space that is left behind
It is holy ground
On which I dare not tread
It is hers and hers alone
Her mother’s love
A place of rest
From which to watch the rest of us going our ways
North, south, east, and west
Her mother’s love
A place of rest
From which to see
Her own mother in you
And her own mother in me
An entire world lost her mother today
And she is our friend
