LOVE HER STILL
Posted: October 4th, 2012, 2:54 pm
You never expected
your mother to die
although the hospital
hinted at such
all lost
in their
language trap
all in all
it was a double blow
as dementia took her
piece by piece
years ago
then the final punch
the knock out blow
remembering
someone saying
that’s how
some loved ones
tend to go
and the relationship
between mother and child
is never simple
travelling as it does
through high hills
and valleys sometimes
dark and often deep
and remembering
all that
the need to weep
you reflect on all that
the final sight
of your mother
in that bed
the closed eyes
the small smile
remain in your head
and you know
after all such
you loved her overmuch
and always will
indeed
you love her still.
your mother to die
although the hospital
hinted at such
all lost
in their
language trap
all in all
it was a double blow
as dementia took her
piece by piece
years ago
then the final punch
the knock out blow
remembering
someone saying
that’s how
some loved ones
tend to go
and the relationship
between mother and child
is never simple
travelling as it does
through high hills
and valleys sometimes
dark and often deep
and remembering
all that
the need to weep
you reflect on all that
the final sight
of your mother
in that bed
the closed eyes
the small smile
remain in your head
and you know
after all such
you loved her overmuch
and always will
indeed
you love her still.