Lately I have been hearing your voice
Through all this electrical noise.
When I heard you call out my name,
I just wanted to capture it all in a frame.
The passed year before you took your last breath.
I was not looking forward to the day of your death.
I lost you a year before you said goodbye.
Because you lost yourself and was getting ready to die.
I remember months before you left us, you just wanted to dance.
I thought hey, she's not ready to go yet, we still have a chance.
But I found out weeks to months before you go you get this powerful will to live.
But not much longer you fall again and then you drift.
So I danced a few songs with you and remembered it in my mind.
Because one day you'd be gone, and these memories will shine.
Now I can't hug you anymore or call you on the phone.
I'm lost without hearing from you, I feel so alone.
But I feel greedy wishing that you were still here.
Because in your last year with us all you felt was fear.
Mother, you will always carry a special place in my heart.
I'll always love and miss you even though we are miles apart.
May you rest peacefully, until we meet again.
My mother, my buddy, my best friend.
©terrylin53
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