I Am Here

I am here
I am here on an island.
Hello? Hello? It’s me again.
Yeah, my son.
He’s with Rescue 2
Any news?
I am his mother
I’m far away, stuck here.
I’m trying to find out if-
Fine. I’ll hold again.
I should be down there
and check in the hospitals,
putting up signs,
doing something, instead I am
here
I am here in Canada
I am telling you, listen,
my son, he takes risks
He’s not missing; he’s helping or hurt
He’ll get out of this.
Yes, I keep trying
And yes, here’s the number
And yes, at the Legion in Gander, I’ll be right here.
I should be there,
when it’s over and done,
when he comes through the door and says,
«I'm home, mum.»
I should be there for my son
but instead I am
here
I am here.
She leaves message after message for her son, until there’s no more room on his
answering machine.
All I know
is you are there
you are there
and I am here.