78

78 years
I wish you could have made 78 years.

What would we have learned from one another by your 78th year?

Its been 14 years since you left
And so much has fallen apart...
How could you have had enough love for that many people who can't seem to love themselves ?

I still miss you somedays in pain
And still see your fingers on the hands that held mine well.
And cared for me and understood my strange, loving humor in this world of perplexity.

You always cared, seemingly without need
You taught me unconditional Love,
You gave me a glimpse of the Rapture,
Of the Face of God.

What more could any child need,
From their Mother or any parent.
The only thing I regret,
That will always bring me tears,..
Is that we simply ran out of time...
So I keep, we all keep talking
Even though you took your leave.

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