Nan Marie Edmonds-Richard (1933-1978)

You went away,
Leaving me alone.
Exposing a hole,
I could not fill.
 
I felt the vast emptiness,
A chasm I could not cross.
Days filled with helplessness,
And long nights of restlessness.
 
On a cold snowy January night,
I lay in the snow, full of hurt and broken might.
Wishing for an end to this madness,
Or for your loving, comforting embrace.
 
Days later,
A sudden passing thought,
A random memory,
Triggered in my consciousness.
 
Only then I realized with startled wonder,
You had not left!
Your body is no longer present in my world,
But your spirit dwells beside me never less.
 
 
Embarrassed, I shook my head.
The blessings,
The Love,
The experience!
 
You are still here,
Though in a different form.
Living in a new realm,
That’s inside my heart and head.
 
I love you mom
 
Coot (Roy Richard)
June 2020 For my Mother. Copyright Roy Richard