DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER

My first step, my first word Ma…

You kept me near you as a child;

When you did take your walk outside,

You held me close by your side.

As I grew up, found you to be busy;

But at work you were an angel,

Trying to ease somebody’s pain ;

By a word in passing, or just by her touch.

In moments when I needed you the most, 

You never were there for me

So then to forget my loneliness

Found solace in strumming my guitar.

Over the years we grew apart;

As responsibilities piled up on me,

Life’s burden created the divide and

Situations took us away from each other.

You’ve grown so old and frail

And somewhere, have lost yourself in time,

Voice so feeble, holding on to days as you ail

Lost to the world, hoping you’d be fine.

Days before saw you, lying with eyes closed

Responding to the voice of your favourite child

Way past midnight, you said goodbye to this world;

Taking your final flight, into the heavenly abode.