Your Eternal Flame

During the Christmas holidays a candle is continuously lit. It is in your memory to let you know I'll never forget. Each year that passes gets harder than I like to admit. I sit by the fire reminiscing while I smoke a midnight cigarette. Your vanilla scented candle burns on the coffee table. I admit when you passed I wasn't mentally stable. You would be proud of me because eventually I pulled myself together. I remember you warned me so many times you wouldn't be here forever. You were my superwoman, I believed you were tough as steel. This candle along with your memory helps me to heal. It's kinda like you're right here with me. I think of you as I put each ornament on the Christmas tree. Tears roll down my cheek as I whisper your sweet name. Inside my heart resides your eternal flame. *I love you momma Merry Christmas Queen..... Billie Jean Alexander Lopez...May 1, 1937 - July 26, 2007