Dear Mother… (Poem)

Dear Mother...

I was in a darkness, a darkness deeper than a well.

A chasm of sorrow, surrounded by loneliness.

Blindly, I ventured through the darkness.

I heard the faint echo of your voice

And stumbled in the darkness.

I heard your whimpers and cries

And lightning struck my cloud of despair.

A faint visage of your lovely face flickered before me

And I felt my fragile soul crumble.

Fallen, broken, laying in my own dark waters,

I began to lose breath, to lose hope...

All power and vitality eddying out of my being.

Suffocating in the darkness,

I struggled for air...but, it did not come.

I struggled to move...my body betrayed me.

I struggled for life...

And your love came to me.

It shone in the darkness,

It provided breath,

It brought me strength.

Just as your body gave life to mine,

Your soul gives life to mine.

When darkness threatens me,

You are my light, my shield, my fire.

You are my fiery rebirth.

Though you are gone, you will never lose your place.

You remain immortal in my heart.