My Mother's hands

Dedicated to my late dear mumxx

When she died
We held it tight
She squeezed so tight
Then sadly gave up her fight
Those hands I will remember so
Not just the brown spotted ones
I know

I remember her younger hands
As a child picking me up from sand
Taking me to schools first day
Or bathing me clean at end of day
I recall the way she stood so tall
When I was a child so small
Her nature soft and gentle
Like a reassuring rose
Without a nettle though
She never spanked or hit me so
She never rose her voice to me
Was quiet and calm
Like an angel to me

What did I do to deserve a mother
So sweet so good I don't really know
But her hands held me through
Fear and worry so
They held my babies one by one
She held and then let go
My mothers hands
I'll miss them forever
This I surely know

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Julie, your mother will be so honored by your beautiful words-"Those hands I will remember so"...my tears remember another angelic pair of hands- each line and vein and knot. "I'll miss them forever"- yes, as will I for mine. Brava!

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks I'm sad for your loss yes we never will forget smells or anything of someone so important that we love and lose