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Published on August 11, 2005 By foreverserenity In Poetry
Today is the first year anniversary of my mom's death.

The days leading up to this have been tumultuous for me to say the least. I can now finally watch a death & burial scene on the television without bawling my eyes out!LOL! I've been up and down and up again. Through all those emotions I've learned to laugh and remember with fondness what she gave to us her children, her love for life and her caring for others. She gave us "some of the best days of our lives" (quote from Bryan Adam's song Summer of '69!)

I'm a product of her and I continue proudly to teach what she has taught me to my own kids. She was a beautiful person, who left us too soon.

I planned on writing something new but I wrote something about her some time ago and thought it more fitting to re-visit it again.

I remember you always mom and I will always love you!


Etched Into Memory

Your face
Each line
Your lips
its touch I feel
Your eyes
deep, beautiful, soulful
Dark brown, long lashes
Your nose, nicely defined

Your body
As you lay there
I look at you
trying to memorize your looks
Youthful, exuberant
Patient, trying

Protective
Your arms I feel around me
Still

Your smell
I breathe deeply
The scent of you
I’ll always remember
Forever
Etched
Into my memory

dr

Comments
on Aug 11, 2005
what a nice tribute... {{{{forever}}}}
on Aug 11, 2005
what moderateman said, i'm sure she's smiling down on you FS
on Aug 11, 2005
Very nice.

I like the poem too...it's not as wordy as mine usually are...and sometimes, those kinds of poems say so much more.

~Zoo
on Aug 11, 2005
The first year is hard, isn't it? I'd like to tell you that it gets better...and it does to some extent. The grieving process takes time and frankly, I don't think it ever ends. This past 4th of July was the 6th year anniversary of my father's death...and Year 5 without him was probably one of the hardest yet, just because I've had so many life changes I suppose.

I think that your mom would be touched at your tribute. It's so nice to reflect upon what those special people in our lives gave us and instilled in us.

I'm sorry for your loss, fs, and I hope that you continue to reflect on the good times you had with your mom.
on Aug 12, 2005
what a nice tribute... {{{{forever}}}}


Thanks Elie. I feel so loved.


what moderateman said, i'm sure she's smiling down on you FS


Thank you Em. I do like to think that she is.




Very nice.

I like the poem too...it's not as wordy as mine usually are...and sometimes, those kinds of poems say so much more.


Thank you Zoo. I've liked your poetry too. Yes, sometimes brevity is better! When I write my poetry I just think about what I want to say and the words just flow.

The first year is hard, isn't it? I'd like to tell you that it gets better...and it does to some extent. The grieving process takes time and frankly, I don't think it ever ends.


It is very hard. Yes, I find that I've gotten better with my grieving process. It took a long time for me to stop crying. I still cry sometimes, but not with that sense of total loss as in the beginning. Now as I said, I can actually watch someone else mourn and feel a of empathy and get watery eyed but not the bawling I used to do. I'm just too emotional for my own good!


This past 4th of July was the 6th year anniversary of my father's death...and Year 5 without him was probably one of the hardest yet, just because I've had so many life changes I suppose.


I'm so sorry for your loss. My dad died five years now. This pass January was the 5th anniversary of his death. I wrote a poem for him too. I find that poetry expresses so much and sometimes says a lot more than writing a letter.

I'm sorry for your loss, fs, and I hope that you continue to reflect on the good times you had with your mom.


Thanks again Marcie, I will do that and you do the same with your dad.