A Poem from Billy

This is a poem by Mr. Corgan that I truly enjoy.

the box

inside this box I put
my mother's things
false teeth
2 wedding rings
pictures of beautiful youth
her worn-out couch and window gaze
a razor voice like mine
2 kitty cats named Trouble and Harmony
75 clocks running backwards
some collector's plates of Oz
but there isn't any music

Billy lost his mother to cancer a couple of years ago (when he was still with the Smashing Pumpkins). On the album "Adore", he wrote "For Martha" (dedicated to his mom). It is a beautiful song that moves me to tears. If you have never heard it, check it out.

Whenever I run
Whenever I run to you lost one
It's never done
Just hanging on
Just past has let me be
Returning as if dream
Shattered as belief
If you have to go don't say goodbye
If you have to go don't you cry
If you have to go I will get by
Someday I'll follow you and see you on the other side
But for the grace of love
I'd will the meaning of
Heaven from above
Your picture out of time
Left aching in my mind
Shadows kept alive
If you have to go don't say goodbye
If you have to go don't you cry
If you have to go I will get by
I will follow you and see you on the other side
But for the grace of love
I'd will the meaning of
Heaven from above
Long horses we are born
Creatures more than torn
Mourning our way home