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Question: This is just a bit of a verse in memory of my mum!.!. would you like to read!?
Mama sat on her bed
Legs crossed, Indian style
Staring, catatonic gaze
At the window
The oblivion beyond
standing beside her bed
I observed
Bills to pay
Surrounding her
As I attempted
To attract her attention
To no avail
Her stare was unbroken
Her mind wiped clear
Had removed herself
Momentarily
In a trance like state
From the present
***************
Seven children
One more on the way
Juggling bills
Borrow from Peter to pay Paul
Another mouth to feed
Cheaper by the dozen
Meals were ample
Yet sparse
Potatoes a mainstay
Sometimes
The only attention
We received
Was negative in nature
Unwanted,
Sometimes Unwarranted
**********
Every weekend
I would make bread
From the time I was 10
Until the day I left
At the age of 14
Going away
To a boarding school
In the country
Where I would learn
What it was to grow up
And forge friendships
With my classmates
And companions
That would last me
My lifetime
***********
Mama’s life
Was not simple
Oldest child of three
Born to a Norwegian
Fisher man
And a seamstress
She developed polio
Before she was a teen
Defeating that monster
Losing a muscle to it
But she persevered
Became a nurse
Got married
Had kids
And never knew
What we needed
Was more time
More positive attention
Until we were
Grown up
With children
Of our own
*******
I am proud
To be her daughter
And I only wish
That I could have
Known her
Much better
Before she was gone!.
May 19, 1931 - October 4, 2001
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
An absolutely beautiful tribute maddamselfly!.
I am completely touched by your lines:
"never knew what we needed was more time, more positive attention"!.
because it all too familiar to me as well!.
I, too, am proud of parents I wish I'd known better and vice versa before they passed!. My condolences!.
My heart was very touched by your storytelling of their lives & yours!.
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This is lovely!. Even through the most difficult times, mothers make sure their children are fed, even if ignorant of the love and nurturing they crave and need just as much!.
Blessings to your mum, God keep her, and blessings to you for being able to see, and to forgive!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Thank you for sharing this, it says so much in so few words!.
I am sorry for the loss of your mum!. And I think she was proud to have you for her daughter!.
God Bless you and your family!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Thank-you!. *tears* My dad- June 19, 1931 - October !?, 2008!. Off life support since Friday!. Bad car accident!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
My mother passed away in 2003!. I still cannot find my way to write about her!. This is a realistic but very strong statement and tribute to your Mother!. Thanks for sharing!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
hi miss, a verse which was very good and better from u
you hav presented the best way of your love on your mother and it is very simple and heart touching!. keep it upWww@QuestionHome@Com
Oh, my, what a story! Thank you for this, my last read of the night!.
Bless you and bless your mother!.!.!.!.we women are TOUGH for a reason, no!?
Good night and hugs!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
A very touching, well written tribute to your mother, I'm sure she is somehow and somewhere delighted with it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Pretty goodWww@QuestionHome@Com
awww!. I'm sorry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
awww sowwies :*( nice though!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I love all your poetry, everyone of them is so beautiful and mysterious!. Thank you for sharing the story, I understand how it feels to loose someone close to you!. Sometimes, life is unpredictable, you never know what may come, live in the now and take each day as they come!. I'm sure your mother misses you very much in heaven and knows that you are thinking of her!. Love can never be destroyed, it is everlasting, such as the love between you two!. Keep going strong, you have a lot to live for and much talent as a writer!. I've never read any poetry that dives so deep into the human soul, into the heart of emotion, like the ones you have written!. God bless, never stop hoping!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
what a sad yet beautiful poem about forgiveness!. You loved your mother despite!. You were lucky to have had boarding school!. Making friends, maturing into an insightful wonderful person!. A beautiful tribute to your mother!. Wishes that weren't fulfilled and couldn't have been!. I wish you the best and lots of love on the day of remembrance!. It makes me want to cry not just for sadness but also for the opportunity you had to learn love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com