[Poetry] On My Mother’s Death

On My Mother’s Death

By Victoria Pendragon 

All these years I have been swallowing my tears, Drowning out my heart's profound lament; All these years I took your sorrow for my own, Bore it all alone, wove it into bone and every cell; I carried all your fear; I held it almost dear, Yet always so unclear why I felt lost. All these years, now that you are gone, Turning into tears that can be shed; All these tears, now that you have died Washing clean the years and words unsaid. … [Read more...]