Again
This poem is written in the same vein as "Letting Go." ... For my mom.
Again
by Amy Swanson
Another time,
another place
I pray that someday
I will see your
precious face
again.
All that you have given me
I never could repay
I can only,
so woefully, inadequately,
say
I love you so.
My life will never be the same without you.
So many years,
you've been my dearest friend and confidant
You are irreplaceable.
I know the end is coming
I know the final page
like someone who has hesitantly peeked
at the end of life's story.
A story full
of love
and life
and laughter
and tears
and bittersweet sorrows...
and death.
All woven together
creating
your
Beautiful tapestry.
Beautiful legacy.
Beautiful soul...
that will always shine within my own.
Thank you
for being you
is the best that I can say.
These tears will fall
in honor of you
and this chapter of the book
has sorely changed me.
I wish you peace
and love
May you soar upon
the highest skies
May you find
what you have always sought
and may you know
that you will never be forgotten -
Not for one moment.
Not one smile...
Not one word of wisdom...
Not one gentle mother's kiss...
will I ever forget.
Even as I write
I cannot stop the tears
from falling
onto this paper
trying somehow, desperately,
to channel all my hurt into this
pink page on which I write.
It feels as though they never will stop.
At such a time
I almost curse these wretched emotions
that at once can make us so content
yet in an instant we are racked with grief.
But life goes on...
at least that's what they say.
If only I could capture
each precious moment in time
and freeze it - hold it always -
all the days
and years...
But I cannot.
I will hold you, though...
in my heart forever
and wait impatiently for the day
that I will see you
again.
Copyright © Amy Swanson | Year Posted 2009
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