Constance La France Poet Verse

Last Sigh

After father passed away I moved in with my mom,
         she needed me but she didn't know it;
                at first we were like roommates,
                        then, things began to change.
 
Little things, confusion, forgetfulness, quietness,
        she would ask me odd questions;
                like did she ever have children,
                         and how do I write my name.

Things were going downhill rapidly for my mom,
        then, she had a fall in the house;
                 and had a bleed in her head,
                         putting her in a comma. 

She was too weak for surgery and I had to let go,
        I stayed by her bedside weeping;
                  I stayed and stayed waiting,
                           until her last sigh.

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August 25, 2021

Poetry/Verse/Last Sigh
Copyright Protected, ID 08-1384-402-25
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France

Theme and Title chosen - Last Sigh

Written for the Standard contest, This or That Vol. 6
sponsor, Edward Ibeh, Judged 09/08/2021

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Rico Leffanta August 26, 2021 at 12:06 PM I do admire women who can do that! Constance La France August 27, 2021 at 4:58 AM Rico, thanks for the visit and comment, my mother did so much for me that it was time to pay back all the love, I never regret one moment spent with my mom in her last years of life, 3 years after my father, people ask me when did your mom get sick, simple answer, the day my father died ~ peace and tranquility _Constance