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Missing Mom

Please please PLEASE
Say you recognize ME - 
My face, my name;
Please say you know me today.
Say you know me, so we can converse,
A normal chat, words unrehearsed.
No more who are you’s, or who am I’s,
No more confusion when I stop by
I miss you mom and you’d miss me too,
If just once, you only knew…

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Harry Horsman

Date: 4/19/2020 12:54:00 AM

RE-reading from my favourites list. BES, First time i came across this gem. Working as i did then in a care home, the profoundness so deep so much truth in every word,,and here 7 years later, has exactly the same sentiment,,truly a wonderful poetic piece from yourself...Hope you are keeping well, and please stay safe...Harry

Timothy Hicks

Date: 4/22/2013 11:51:00 PM

What a confused place to be in. The relationships between two family members is a two way street... and it's a painfully long wait for the other person to make the first move. "words unrehearsed"... I really like that line. When you plan out a conversation it's very impersonal... a loving conversation should be unplanned and on the spot (especially when you're close to someone). Very moving poem... hope all is well on your side of the screen.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/24/2012 8:28:00 PM

Susan, Once again, we find ourselves trapped in the Holiday Season. And, hear I am stopping by to say Hi and to wish you a Merry Christmas once again sincerely from my heart. Loving each moment I found comforting here on the soup. Thank you for any comment or support you have offered now or in the past. Love always & forever ~ PD

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/26/2012 8:19:00 PM

Why couldn't I tell my second mother "I LOVE HER" when she was complete... I am a bad daughter.. maybe I did not deserve either one of them... Susan, now when i visit my mother i will kiss her on the forehead and tell her them words ":I LOVE YOU".. Maybe when i was growing up, i felt it in my heart she knew.. XOX~PD

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/26/2012 8:16:00 PM

Susan, your poem made me sad... I can't change some feelings about my mom... but missing her and wishing I told her i love her... during the time she was on this stupid earth... brakes me from the top,, I never told my real mother I loved her.. Maybe she knew it.. oh boy,,, thanks a lot for the tears... on another note, my adopted mother,,, wish I could hold her, and shake her and tell her to recognize me.. I am sad, cause now that she has that stupid ugly sickness,, ""I tell her I love her""

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/26/2012 8:13:00 PM

Hi Susan, how are you?? Missing you... anyways~ where is YOU??? pd

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/10/2012 9:54:00 PM

hey, girlfriend!! MORE poems!!! hope you are feeling ok today, better than yesterday.

Jack Horne

Date: 9/6/2012 1:48:00 PM

heartfelt and heartbreaking write, Susan. Such a sad illness. I hope this is fiction and not real, my friend

Dinda Minardi

Date: 8/24/2012 8:44:00 AM

A very heartfelt write, Susan. People's minds and memories are the most precious things, without them we're nothing but empty shell.

Nick Bagnall

Date: 8/24/2012 5:23:00 AM

So sad, so real, I'm sure many people can relate to this circumstance, very well written.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/10/2012 12:00:00 PM

Susan, you said to read a poem you entered in that one contest, which is it? I think I am caught up on all your poems. The Walk a thon one I just happened upon, was that an older one?

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/9/2012 8:54:00 PM

Hey, susan, thanks for reading my poem today. It's always great to see you here! Email me!!!

Robert Johnson

Date: 8/9/2012 1:09:00 PM

A Mothers eyes see you forever. Deep in your soul no one can sever. A love like hers can never die. Even if theres only a sigh. So let God's arms wrap you up tight. When you walk away and say goognight.

Joann Grisetti

Date: 8/9/2012 9:11:00 AM

a lovely poignant poem.

Laila Andresen Mjelde

Date: 8/9/2012 8:33:00 AM

very sad and moving poem! Keep those fingers typing. Hugs Laila ;)

Harry Horsman

Date: 8/9/2012 8:32:00 AM

this has to be one of the most profound poems i've ever read. it has such beauty in it's sincerity. to my fav along with you.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/8/2012 3:08:00 PM

I'm so dense, it did not even dawn on me right away that this is about an Alzheimers patient. VERY nicely done, Susan. i dont' see a contest on anything like this. what inspired you to do one like this?

Dan Kearley

Date: 8/8/2012 12:06:00 PM

:*( You gave me a tear,and a pain in the heart...<3 I know so,so well what this feels like.. I'm going thru this with my mom right now.. But she still remembers me yet. I'm cherishing every moment that she does.I know it will be soon when she won't :o( Soup mail....

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/8/2012 12:01:00 PM

wrenching longing filled with sensitivity, susan... poignant and lovely!.. thanks for including my piece for you in your contest; much delighted.... huggs!..:)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/8/2012 11:56:00 AM

The professional people who deal with the dementias of the aging say it is worse on the family than on the loved one..I went there with my mother..At her death, it was like loosing her twice..Great topic and presentation of subject matter..I felt your pain as I read it..Thanks for stopping by..Your comments are always appreciated..Sara

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 8/7/2012 9:57:00 PM

I know I've told you this before, wow, I love how you can touch the heart with your words. Always deep, always straight for the heart...when I went through this with my grandpa, I had to believe he knew me some days but could not tell me. Even a moment of recognition would make the difficult days worth the pain...an amazing, emotive write, Susan...love and blessings

Cyndi Macmillan

Date: 8/7/2012 5:09:00 PM

Oh, Susan, not one words, syllable, letter should you change. Honest, raw- gutted me. Your poetry is always real, never fails to connect the reader to your heart. Keep those fingers typing. Hugs, Cyndi