Happy Mother's Day, Mummy

You passed away last April.
I loved you deeply; now you're simply gone.
All my life I'd known that I was loved,
Living in the circle of your arms.
I can't believe your love is not somewhere,
So strong it was, so much a part of me.
I feel it in the harsh salt of the sea
And in the stinging sadness of the wind.

This Mother's Day without you strains belief
In life and love and what it means to be,
But there is beauty in my lonely grief.
Your death is like a wound without relief,
Pain on pain as far as I can see,
You fell away from me, a withered leaf
Twisting down to darkness, leaving me
This day without you.

The love I have for you, a jewel-like reef
In silent prayer beneath my empty sea.
This Mother's Day without you strains belief,
But there is beauty in my lonely grief.
I ride the waves along the rock-strewn shore.
No one watches me with fear and pride.
Now among the stars I am alone.
In your heart I had my only home.