for Patricia Lance Once she was the reasonable one I the unreasonable son But dying my mother said There were monkeys in the trees And there was a baby in the bed Not knowing what to think of these Things my mother had said I chose not to think instead But see her whatever she saw I told her though I was the baby And she said maybe so maybe Before we said au revoir Forever to see her be though dead To live through me who live to be In memory of her Or maybe there was a baby For all I know and those monkeys were If only in her head But see her whatever she saw Au revoir: in memory of her +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXIV