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Her smile was lopsided, crooked And her eyes had lost their shine In a wheelchair bound and broken Sat this mother dear of mine Once the one that they called “Sunshine” Now was bowed with grief and care Garbled speech and eyes unfocused Made the people stop and stare Yet in this woman there was hidden Beauty of the rarest kind Love for God and for her family Love for words all graced her mind She was brave and she was noble Took the falls and burns and smiled Knowing that her child, a daughter Lived with fear so justified People did not see the beauty Hidden in her crumpled form All that they could show was pity Perhaps that is just the norm But in her dear withered body MS had so brutalized Was a mother’s lasting beauty That her daughter eulogized Once a flower brightly blooming In the garden of my home She remains my flower ever In the memories where I roam Eileen Manassian I grew up knowing my mother was ill and that she would eventually die due to MS. I lost my Mama on March 19, 2000. I still miss her...Her name? Angel. That was my Mama's name. When she was younger, they used to call her Sunshine because of her dazzling smile.... More poems I've written about my Mama: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/may_17_429673 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_mothers_daughter_480741 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/march_19__464436 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/i_remember_you_443028 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_hypochondriac_429384
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