"Mom, It's Me

Mommy can you hear me?

Grandma said you went away

A place I cannot go to

A place you have to stay

I waited up last night for you

But you didn't come back home

The house, it seem so empty

I feel so all alone

Is it scary where you are?

Can you see me by the door?

I wish it would all go away

And be just like before

Everyone is crying

They're all so sad and blue

Last night I slept in your bed

The way I use to do

I lay my head on your pillow

And pretended you were there

I guess that just can't happen

It all seems so unfair

Remember how we played

That game of lets pretend

I'd pretend the beginning

You'd pretend the end

If we could play that game right now

I know what I would say---

I'd say Jesus hold my mommy

And tell her everyday

Her little girl still loves her

And will be with her again someday

I'll miss your hugs and kisses

you always gave to me

I'll miss our time together

The way it use to be

But the one thing I'll remember

Is the secret that we shared

Mommies live forever

And they always care

I'll always have you with me

Buried in my heart

For a mommy and a daughter

Can never be apart

This is a poem I wrote for my mom after she passed away in 1968 from ovarian cancer. I was 12 at the time.