Mother
Died suddenly
Bereft beyond belief
I mourn her untimely passing
Tears shed
Still night
Stars beguile me with their beauty
My heartfelt loss immense
Grief engulfs me
Silence.
©Alison Jean Hankinson
This is for d’Verse poetics. It is a reverse cinquain? My song choice was Tom Paxton. “The last thing on my mind”.
It’s a lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, made of sand
It will soon be the anniversary, she passed away in 2008, suddenly without saying goodbye, she was 64, and I was on the other side of the world and didn’t even get home for the funeral. We all feel it still. She was my mum.
Hues of Hankinson 