For my Mum…
I looked through the window,
I thought I saw you;
just a hint of a memory
that I wanted to view.
A past life once lived;
a deep memory pain.
I had to control myself
from calling your name.
Her walk was all wrong
and her hair, not the same,
but she had the same clothes
as I saw in my dream.
I followed behind her
and hoped to see
that it really was you
as you used to be.
I knew it was futile
and couldn’t be true;
you’ve been gone these six years,
it couldn’t be you.
© Mum 2012
Alexandra Carr-Malcolm 2012
Worldly Winds 
Beautiful.. It seems we have a few things in common, our vision for one.
Thank you – I am new to this blogging business 🙂 I’m still finding my way around all the buttons!
I really enjoy reading your blog too 🙂
Thank you so much for the re-post.
I lost my Mum to cancer just over six years ago.
For a while after, I used to visit one particular store that my Mum loved. Sometimes I’d see the back of a woman who looked like her, so I’d surreptitiously walk around the store so I could see what she looked like from the front!
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Great tribute
Thank you 🙂
You are most welcome! 🙂
((hug)) 🙂
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Happy Birthday to my remarkable mother – missed every hour of every day.
❤
A touching tribute, Alex
Thank you Polly, she would have only been 66 – too young.
Loved by us all 😉
Thank you dear cuz 🙂
Oh I felt tears in my eyes. It will be 20 years on April 30th this year since I lost my mother. It gets easier but still the memories come back like it was yesterday. This is really a beautiful piece.
Thank you so much – I had a few tears to shed over this one too. I know what you mean, for me it will be eight years this summer – sometimes it feels like yesterday and other times it feels like a different lifetime. I still have occasions when I want to phone her to tell her things or tell her a joke – ah those were the days 🙂
Yes and when I dream of her I hate to wake up and remember she’s gone. Sigh* 🙂
Me too xxx
Dear Alexandra, this is lovely. My mother is visiting two weeks from now,
flying for the first time at eighty-four, in my sister’s attendance.
Of course, I think of the days ahead and poems such as this, and hold it
to heart. >Jay
Oh Jay
I know what you mean, I am sure you will cherish every second. Mum’s are a powerful driving force in many people’s lives 🙂
Alex
beautiful x
Aw thank you 🙂
So beautifu. I’ve got tears in my eyes. I lost my mom also 6 years ago on cancer 😦
Yes my Mum died of Cancer – she was 58 – too young. ((hugs)) to you.
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This is lovely. Lost Mum just over 7 months ago. She was 67 (young 67) – brain tumour. Hate cancer. Love your poem. I miss Mum so much – this really touched me. Thank you Alex xxx
Aw Wendy I’m so sorry. Lost my Mum at 58 to lung cancer. It’s rubbish isn’t it 😦 sending you lots of love and hugs xxx
And to you x