Always An Ally In All Ways

There was a poetry slam the Sunday after 9/11/01..my whatever she still is to me, ….she said “well free, did you write something about 9/11. She’s a very good poet as well, so I responded by saying, “Why, did you?” my she whatever replied, “of course I did” and that’s precisely whey I didn’t. Because it is not Mother’s Day yet, I’ll share this, it’s very personal, but I hope you can all relate ALWAYS AN ALLY IN ALL WAYS Oh God, I’ll miss her laughter Forever after Oh Lord, I’ll miss her smile Mile after mile There are no words deep enough or powerful enough to describe this anguish The severity of my sentimental remorse and recollections of her cooking in the kitchen Remorse because of every time I went off course Led astray because I did not heed what Mother had to say And now she’s being spirited away To a place so many religions argue about While I remain awash in doubt Right now, in this microcosm of a minute how is she feeling and what is she seeing? Are angels like her urging my Mom to fly? Is she seeing stars that aren’t really in the sky? This anguish is too burdensome for a weak man such as myself to defy And a pain my consistent tears cannot deny As she sleeps Or sleeps not According to this, the Lord’s most pain laden plot DaIly I am awakened by the realization that she may not be that which means so much to me And arise to an ache so piercingly too persistent to conjugate into words Mom’s quite old and admittedly this should have been expected But perhaps that’s a fact I’ve intentionally neglected Because she remains so beautiful to me Always was always shall be IF ONLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEMORY Oh God to keep her spirit there In my grin made so obviously clear To soothe a son’s ample and every fear Oh to keep my beautiful mom right here © 2011.…Jeffry Cohan (Rita Cohan’s son)((mom wouldn’t mind if I used the name she would never call me, free cee!)) NO MATTER HOW BADLY I HAD SCREWED UP, ONCE AGAIN, MY MOM’S FRONT DOOR AND HEART WERE ALWAYS OPENED FOR ME. Mrs. Stanley J. Cohan Always my strength Always an ally