Mum

Dear Mum I wish I had known you As a person not as Mum That I had asked you questions Like what you did for fun Or found out about your childhood What your home was really like Did you walk to school each day Mum? Or did you have a bike Did you search amongst the hedgerows? Looking at the young birds there Glancing over grassy fields To see the boxing Hares Did you have a love for nature? That your whole being did excite Watching green frogs in the daytime Owls and crickets in the night It must have come from somewhere This great love that I have got For the world around me Whether it was you Mum or not I miss you Mum