{"id":133231,"date":"2023-09-02T16:59:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=133231"},"modified":"2023-09-03T12:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T16:24:13","slug":"the-day-my-mother-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-day-my-mother-died\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day My Mother Died"},"content":{"rendered":"

she was the age I’m now,<\/p>\n

on the day she died<\/p>\n

too soon to say goodbye, so much to be missed<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

she kept the family tied together<\/p>\n

with an invisible thread she took with her<\/p>\n

on the day she died<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I thought we were a cohesive family<\/p>\n

enjoying everyone’s life<\/p>\n

having dinners around a table<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I think it was envy<\/p>\n

that made them all turn on me<\/p>\n

I was closest to our mother<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

we had a relationship<\/p>\n

not just mother and daughter<\/p>\n

we were best friends<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

first to cross the line in the sand was my own daughter<\/p>\n

then followed my sister, then my beloved brother<\/p>\n

then my father, who had always been mean to me<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

my family is lost to me<\/p>\n

no more holiday dinners<\/p>\n

no happy birthdays to share<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I survived a profound depression<\/p>\n

trying to understand why<\/p>\n

why my family could do this to me<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I still love my daughter unconditionally<\/p>\n

I could find it in my heart to forgive her<\/p>\n

but no one else deserves me<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I suppose we weren’t so happy<\/p>\n

how could we have been<\/p>\n

to fall apart so painfully<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

on the day she died<\/p>\n

I held her hand till she passed<\/p>\n

I felt her soul leave her body<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I feel her presence in my life<\/p>\n

her soul touches mine<\/p>\n

I’m not alone…she loved me<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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