Free Verse
Celebrating Mother's
Day May 9, 2010
To Mothers Everywhere
Never knew what true
loneliness was till mother died.
At the time, I was a middle aged living far from home.
There was always the phone; someone to ring
and complain about life, she reminded me
to wear “Long Johns” when it got cold.
Then the impossible happen, she died;
misery and a silent phone. I’m an adult now...
I have to sort out my own problems,
but when loneliness is a mist of gloom,
I remember her phone number...
it is engraved on my Mind;
I ring her and complain about life
