My Mother Has Been Gone For Quite Awhile Now

My Mother has been gone for quite awhile now

Written By Dean Masciarelli

November 8, 2009 (6:50pm)


My Mother has been gone for quite awhile now

And it is hard to imagine all the years
that have already gone by 

Since the last time that I saw her

Yet every now and then I will pull out a box

That has her hair in it and some pictures of her

And I will open up the box  for a little while

Just so that I could smell her hair and her perfume

Because when I have days like today

When I really miss her with all my heart and soul

Some how it helps me 

When I hold her hair in my hands

While I am smelling her perfume
as I am looking at all of her pictures

Because it brings back so many 
wonderful memories when she was still here

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 11/10/2009 11:25:00 PM
Hi, Dean! I sympathize with your sorrowful feeling of having lost your mother. I did too...over six years ago. I loved her endlessly, because she was one of the kindest mothers in the world. Sometimes I cry...thinking of her beautiful and loving heart! Have faith and try to smile...believe that your mother is in Heaven praying for you and smiling down on you! You have a friend here at Poetry Soup. Warm Regards, Andrew.
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Date: 11/9/2009 9:12:00 PM
Dean, I can totally relate.. my Mom will be gone 17 years this Thanksgiving Day the 26th which was Thanksgiving Day that many years ago.. I, too, have a box with all her jewelry, photos, hair clips, even a pen she loved to use.. u might enjoy reading "A Special Mother" and "Metamorphosis" also "The Empty Tomb" and "In Memoriam" all written for my Mom.. this poem is a favorite for me.. thankxxx for your wonderful comments 2 night.. enjoy your rest and memories of MOM.. Linda-Marie,PEPS"Sweetie"
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