Lost Her Mum

Lost her mum at thirteen Worse news there’s never been. Her youth alone No mum to phone. Dad tried his best Once mum was put to rest. It’s not the same She still felt the pain. No mum when wed, A tear she shed. Nor for her first born Leaving emotions torn. No mum to go shop For that she would swop All the nights with the girls And all her expensive pearls, But nothing can return The loss that will burn A hole in her heart Knowing she wasn’t part Of her life to be. Nothing can set her free. Fifty years on The pain hasn’t gone!