In the Shadow of Mother's Day - 2012

I dreamt
      that I was holding you, overjoyed
      but in hours, you’d be gone;
      I worried, What should I tell you…
So to you, and your living sisters,
Here is what I’d say
if I only had a day:

Merete:  sunshine in motion
                puzzling and perfection
                giving any need full-throttle
               my first gift of love

Asha:    a true test
              learning your pain was mine, too,
              joy, made all the sweeter 
              every moment spent keeping you well
              kept me alive

Annie:  would I have seen you differently
              done more or less
              knowing twenty-four years was your lifetime
              …only that I should never forget
              one last hug with every goodbye

Tiera:   miracle child, born blue, then perfect brown
             my thinker, my poet, my still water
             let your doubts fall like rain
             so you can revel in this fine time in the sun

Halla:  the gift of gifts, the dream realized
             my laughter in the best of times
             my tears in the worst
             but always, always my baby worth the wait

To everyone:
Say it now…

 

(MWAH)