Poetry: On mothers - by Katheryn Markle

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by Katheryn Markle

Created on: May 19, 2009

Last Moments

My mama were you crying?
Or were you dying?
Forever lying
in the ground
becoming part of it.
Thats what you are now.
Where is my mama?
She is everywhere
Even in the mirror
as I pass by. Oh my.
I cannot deny
my mama
I see in me, I see in my daughter.
The ambiance of loss
is like a slaughter.
I love you and miss you, mama.
Mama?

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