The
last post pipes
as the wind caresses
your disfigured mouth
agaped
with sorrow
too deeply wrenched
to be audible.
Mother Well,
I am here ...
I can hear.
Lost are the mouths
you no longer suckle.
They are gone ...
all gone.
I am sorry,
Mother Well ...
I am so very sorry.
The pipes are calling
and my lips are parched
with salt from
your tears. |

A village well
lost to the sea in Pahang, Malaysia |