Mother’s Day, 2020…
1
The last time I saw her laughing
may have been one of the first—
four minutes of celluloid from 1964
There I was—
and the cat
and the dog
and my dad with the camera
All colour, no sound
not even a memory
2
The day before I left
I saw tears in her eyes
as she turned to go up the stairs
She must not have seen
that things have a way of changing
Not all goodbyes are forever
3
I learned she had a sense of humor
Though I’ve forgotten it now
I remember laughing
4
The last thing she said
as she looked me in the eyes
was ‘8:15’
I replied ‘okay’
Not all goodbyes are ‘goodbye’
(10 May 2020)
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this is tender tinged with sad. something about it really resonates, as Mothering sometimes stops even though the relationship still exists.
Or the other way round.