Waiting

a message today
in code
shaky voice
can't tell if she's sober
telling me shes
in her counselors office
which leads me to wonder
if its
jail
hospital
rehab
psychiatric hospital

where are you today?
three almost four weeks
without word
mothers agony mocks 
a scream of silence
unbearable 
not to know
unable to hear

hanging my head
waiting
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Joseph Avatar
April 24, 2009 at 9:04 AM
The pain is hard to name, its like no other. Its soul ripping.
Bellman Avatar
April 24, 2009 at 6:20 AM
I have been on the waiting end of this type situation. Not easy at all. The whole gammet of thoughts and emotions you think all the time. I wonder if they really know what we are put through? Take Care
Devonshire Avatar
April 23, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Oh, Veronica, this must be so difficult for a mother to bear. I hope she confides in you. Her absence from your life created so much worry. Hate to think of you "hanging my head waiting." Very compelling poem!
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