mother says “keep the way”
but what way is this other than her own way
and why must I follow it?

her music is different from mine
I hear a different beat
one more suitable to my path

carrying myself along this path
alone I listen to nobody
I have lost the ability to hear

wondering whether life has a meaning
or if I am backwards to the world
why should I be?

why should I why?
or better, when?
how could this?

mother says “keep the way”
but what makes her sure that her way is right?
why can my way not also be right?