She carried him

She carried a baby on her back
Hunched back as she was
She carried him
His legs dangled low
Below her waist
Yet she carried him
The enraged sun pierced her wrinkled skin
Till her pores wept the tears her eyes have cried dry
Yet still ,                                              She carried him
His open mouth drooled in milky white stains
The apologies he could no longer utter.
A grown man,on his mama's back
Weighing no more than he did 
When she carried him in her womb
His protruding eyes stared at the world slowly passing by
As his mama's footsteps rocked him like a newborn
While she carried him
The dust under her feet rose, rose to her face
And reminded her that dust shall yet again return to dust
Yet she carried him like he still had years to spare under her care.
She carried him home till the sun began to set.
Till the sun began to set in his life
And left no moon to shine through the sadness in her heart
A grown man, on his mama's back
Weighing no more than he did
When she carried him in her womb
Yet now she wept.
Wept like a mama
Giving birth
To a stillborn