Eleven years ago
Since you breathed your last
I wasn’t there
Didn’t get to say goodbye

I heard I was asked for
Eleven years ago
But when I checked to be sure
I was denied this truth

I agonized over your passing
And wanted one more time
Eleven years ago
To see if you missed mine

After sitting alone all night
Wondering if there’d be one more chance
I perused Facebook
Eleven years ago
And found out you were gone

My mother died surrounded
By those who loved her most
Me? I wasn’t there because
Those souls told me I wasn’t wanted
Eleven years ago
And didn’t even tell me my mother was gone

Over a decade has now passed
And Momma’s legacy lives on
Her death that kept me apart
Keeps me apart still
From the hope that once burned
That my family would include me
Eleven years ago