Empty Spaces
I crawled through empty spaces
Because I wished to find
My way back through the memories
That seem so hard to find
The corridors where all empty
The rooms were full of smoke
Sometimes the things we do to ourselves
Quite simply is no joke
I stumbled upon a memory
Came upon it just by chance
I almost let it slip right by
Without a second glance
There I was a little boy
In my Moms cafe
She waited tables 15 years
Hardly missed a day
She showed me off to all her friends
My blue eyes and my curls
They all agreed when I got older
Better watch out for the girls
Thats my second to last memory
Next day the Kern River took her life
When I hear Merle Haggard sing that song
The words cut me like a knife
I crawled through empty spaces
Because I wished to find
A happy memory of my mother
To treasure in my mind
© 2007 Michael Jordan
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