To Rach
You enter the hospital
COVID precautions, mask on.
You see your Mum,
breathing on her own again,
like she had done for years
even before you were born.
And you know it’s time,
nothing can be done now.
You say your goodbyes
Walk out of the door
to a life that you no longer recognise;
One where you feel alone
without your anchor,
your home
There will be moments when
you remember something they have done,
know that they are still there, with you, all along.
M.C. Newberry
Tue 5th Jan 2021 23:54
Moving. I still remember the words my late mother spoke to me on
one occasion not long before she passed. She said almost matter
of factly -:
"You'll miss me when i'm gone"
Much later i was able to include her words in a brief poem of remembrance - and now, nearly thirty years on, they still ring true..