Mom

Beautiful, even in the pain,
Tears like crystal, heaving sighs
Could never dim the burning love
That shone within your eyes.
With every passage, every inch
Of life that you let go,
I felt like I was slipping too,
But I couldn't let you know.
I should have cried for you -
For all the pain - before you'd gone,
But I was crying for myself,
For loss of mother's arms.
I cried from longing, loneliness,
From sadness set so deep.
I knew I had to let you go
To find that easy sleep.
I want so much to have you back,
Though this can never be.
I want to tell you how I feel,
How much you mean to me.
I'm sure you've always known it,
Just as I know you loved me,
But I ache to tell you once again.
Mom, can you hear me?

©1997 Gail Von Schlichting



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