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Letting Go

I wrote this about the recent passing of my mother, Annette.  She was a rock, kind & loving, my confidant & best friend - a Godly woman.  I miss her already, deeply. 

She died on January 24th, 2009 at 10:30 p.m. due to complications of a UTI that
went septic through her system, & a blood clot that formed in her foot. 
She suffered & painfully fought for three weeks... she was facing multiple
amputations of all her limbs & multiple organ failure.  She was only 61.

My heart was imprinted greatly with her love and I am thankful for her.  She made
me so much of who I am today.



Letting go
    of things that I
          once held dear, believed in

My soul
    stripped bare
            in agony, for all the world to see

Heart beats
    yet
          it feels so cold inside

Silence
      sits like stone
          in my spirit.

Life has led us
      on this
            journey...
                  but one lonely road
                        sought us out with furious speed;


A road that was not wanted or desired.


How can you
    be so accepting?

How can you
    not be angry, as I am?

How can you
    ... still believe?

...and how will I
      ever again believe...?


I feel as though life took a wrong turn...
    or someone didn't write the script correctly...
        it wasn't supposed to be this way.



I weep
    great sobbing tears
          that threaten to rip out my very essence


The pain so sharp
      like knives of ice

The judgment harsh
      unfair and undeserved

Sternly....
    mercilessly...
              delivered.

They say that there is peace in death
    but there was none
            only cruel suffering
                  that should not have been allowed;
                        torment inflicted
                            poor bruised body
                                    until
                                      so still you lay...

                                              life was no more.


I ask, "What meaning can there be?"

    I strain to hear the answer
                but there is no response...

                        only unwavering silence.


A part of me will never be the same.



Existence I now view with different eyes.

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