I Didn'T Cry For Mom
I wish I could have cried
The day my Mother died
But the relief that she was now at rest
Was such a release to my tight chest
Scorned I was by family members
Who were able to cry while I sat and remembered
The way she endured Chemo with such grace
The way her frail body felt in my embrace
The painful coughing that cracked her ribs
Her fingernails all torn down deep to the nibs
The coma she lingered in for weeks
Each breath she took and held made us seek
To see if that one breath had been her last
But stubbornly she let it through her lips pass
To draw another each one more shallow
She never would have wanted to be left to wallow
The tubes and wires, masks and fluids
Was not my Mother, how could they do it
At last the family all agreed
To release her from her misery
No I couldn't cry for her that day
I held it all in until the funeral came
Then as the pall bearers carried her casket down the isle
I cried and cried just like a child
"I Remember Mamma" Contest
Placement: 3rd place
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