"Our Mother Is Gone"
I was awakened by a boisterous sigh
I wasn't quite sure what I heard,
I hurriedly sped to my Mothers' side
Only to find that she had just died.
The shock was so great, I took a gasp
I yelled for my loved one to come, very fast.
"We've lost her", I said, I know she is gone!
Mother, Oh Mother, I cried, No! No!
Don't leave us, I groaned please,
don't leave us alone.
But it was too late, her time had now come.
It was too soon! We weren't ready.
Oh God! No! Don't let it be so!
We need her here, Lord, down here below.
What will we do, dear God?! How can we go on?
Our lives are so empty, Our Mother is Gone.
So we go through the paces, the normal routine,
Making the arrangements, setting the scene.
Oh! but it's unreal, it just can't be true,
This is only a dream, it will end very soon.
But No! Not a dream, we suddenly say,
Our Mother is gone! Our grief is here..to stay!
Now it's all over, the setting is gone,
Everyone leaves us, we're here; All Alone!
The house is so empty, Mom's not in her chair!
I race to her bedroom, Mom is not there,
I look for her picture, I trace her form
I want to shake it, "Wake up, Mom", it's morn.
And then I know it will never be
Our Mother is gone on to Heaven, you see;
They tell me it's a beautiful place
And Mom's walking and talking, a smile on her face.
She told me one day as we sat and talked
That she would always be near us, not far aloft,
but she says, I can't keep this up, you know
I must go, my journey is over, down here below.
Now we must continue our life here on earth,
Our lives still much grieved with the loss,
But the memory she left us will always live on
In our Hearts Forever.
Our Mother is Gone.
1993
