Momma's Goodbye
"Mama" is usually
the first word we learn to say
the love and bond that is formed
long before our first day
Moms teach us how to speak,
and to do what wrong or right
they lovingly watch over us through
the days and through the nights
we kids test and try them
sometimes to their very last nerve
we give them grief and worry
far more than they ever deserve
we all grow and learn
in the best way that we can
as we all grow up to be
a woman or a man
as we all grow older
our mommas do too
getting grey hair and wrinkles
a bit slower in what they do
what does a child do when
Momma's health is fading fast
knowing that this day
just might be their last
then the fateful day comes
and you hear that shes gone
92 years here
is really not all that long
now i feel so lost and
i dont know what to do
she wasnt only my momma
but she was my best friend too
so now we all get together
just to say our goodbyes
holding and hugging each other
all with tears in our eyes
we'll speak of old memories
both the good and the bad
we all will tell our stories
of the advertures that we had
even the little ones
will have a tale or story
about how much fun they had
baking with their Grandma Dori
She has seen so much
over the years of her life
being a wonderful mom, a great friend
and a loving wife
she came in a small package but
you wouldnt want to make her mad
all it would take to stop us kids was
that look that warning look she had
her heart was so big
she was full of so much love
i would sometimes wonder if
she was an angel from above
with heartbreak and sorrow
today we all will part
all of us carrying
a hole in our heart
her passing has saddened
all that she touched
all of us loving her
oh so very much
I don't know how we'll go on
but we'll have to find a way
for i know we'll see her again
in Heaven, above one day
-3/25/2021
Copyright © Mary Taylor | Year Posted 2021
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