For Mom, On a Quiet Afternoon
Missing You
Dear Mom
Coffee in hand
Sitting here in the Verizon store,
Wishing we were at the water’s edge
McD’s soft-serve, cradled strong
Soaking up a few more
Sacred moments
And rememberings
Heads thrown back
Pearls of laughter
Bubbling over
And out into those
Vast expanses of rippled waves
Your eyes of knowing
And understanding
When words fail to convey
The aches within
Intertwined threads
Of connectings
Over so many years
Circling back to beginnings
Where it all began
In sacred waters
Always Protecting—
Honoring
Who I was
And new beginnings
On the road to becoming
Forever understanding
Some moments
Are HARD!
And now
You are not here
To hold my questions
And wonderings
And I’m floating
On a sea of uncertainty
With wayward wings
Drifting upon quiet sorrow
Asking,
What comes next?
And who will carry—
These places within
That still cry out
For a Mother’s love
I feel the ache, the longing, the emptiness. AND I feel the love, the connection, the gratitude. Thank you for sharing your beloved mother with me here, Lis.
She's in your words AND she's in the spaces between your words. 🙏✨💙
This reads like a song you forgot you knew... until the chorus hits and suddenly you're crying in public. The way you laced memory with longing? whew, beautifully done