M O T H E R   O F   M I N E   M O T H E R   O F   O U R S

THOU HAST BEEN CHOSEN TO GIVE A SON
A SON TO THE HUMAN BEINGS
FOR THE HUMAN BEINGS
A SON THOU HAST LOVED WITH ALL THY HEART
AS THOU LOVEST US WITH ALL THY HEART  
TO UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE OF LOVE
THAT HE BROUGHT TO ALL BEINGS
THOU HAST SUFFERED ACCEPTING THIS TASK
BECAUSE THIS SON  WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN JUST THINE
BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN OF ALL THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE
THIS WONDERFUL MESSAGE OF LOVE
HE LIVED HIS CHILDHOOD LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
YET HE WAS NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE  AND HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO
BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD TO SPEAK TO THE ELDERS
WHO NEITHER WANTED TO LISTEN NOR TO UNDERSTAND HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS BUT A CHILD  
YET HE SPOKE ALREADY AS AN ADULT
AND WOULD HAVE ALWAYS SPOKEN AS AN ADULT
TO THE BEINGS WHO WOULD HAVE WANTED TO LISTEN TO HIM
MOTHER OF MINE MOTHER OF OURS
THOU KNEW’ST THAT HE WOULD  NO LONGER HAVE BEEN THINE
BUT FOR HUMANITY
THOU WOULDST HAVE CRIED OF GRIEF LIKE ANY MOTHER
WHO LOSES HER CHILD FOR LOVE
THOSE WHO FOLLOWED HIM BETRAYED HIM
HE WAS BETRAYED BY ALL BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN
THEY JUST SAW THE MAN NOT THE SON OF GOD
MOTHER OF OURS HE WAS THY SON  
THOU HAST FOLLOWED HIM  ALONG THE LAST PATH OF HIS LIFE
WITH THE OTHER WOMEN MOTHERS  THOU HAST FOLLOWED HIM
MOTHER OF MINE MOTHER OF OURS
LET US CHILDREN OF THINE ALSO FEEL
THIS IMMENSE PAIN
BECAUSE EVEN NOW AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME
THERE ARE STILL THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT
TO BELIEVE IN THE GIFT THY SON HAS GIVEN
IN MY SMALLNESS THE HEART WRUNG
THINKING OF THY GRIEF
ACCEPT MY MODEST PRAYER
IT COMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
MOTHER OF MINE MOTHER OF OURS
WITH LOVE

Donato