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When Memories Cure

I lost my sleep to a painful elbow, whatever I did, suffering did not go, daughter in next room, son in another, but last night, I missed my dear old mother! I would not have been so lonely in pain, she would have cared for me in endless chain, shuffling through the darkness in her old age, applying care for a motherly wage. stayed up all night in tearful agony, memories of her care there were many, by early dawn, I slipped into slumber, cured by love is all I could remember Written 4/July/2021

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 7/14/2021 2:12:00 PM

There is nothing like a mother's love to comfort you when you are in pain, very emotive write~

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 7/15/2021 2:41:00 AM

Thanks Michelle!! Indeed, a deep pain that lives on!

Rama Balasubramanian

Date: 7/6/2021 11:41:00 AM

A heart touching write. That is the reason they say in scriptures Mata, pita, guru and daivata

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 7/6/2021 11:49:00 PM

Thanks Rama. This is actually true and I did my elbow gardening! She would have been there normally joining me in gardening and to tend to my pain at night.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/4/2021 8:53:00 AM

wow, this is so profound and poignant. Two kinds of pain, physical and loss of a loved one, but tied into a splendid little poem

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 7/4/2021 11:48:00 AM

Thanks Andrea. So true in your analysis. exactly. which is worse? The one that lasts longer.