Grandma Rosie

 

Grandma Rosie died today.

She'd made my wedding cake

Chile rellenos in cast iron

I marveled at her gift

Her house smelled of Clorox

Her persona clean, immaculate

I had loved her from a distance.

Keeping only the good clips

Good memories set aside

Step-grandma did her best.

 

I heard my mother cry today

For a mom she never knew

"She never held me."

Mom had said.

Her broken voice, perplexed.

Mom cried for The mother, she

Longed to have...

Replacement for desertion

A reason for her fate

She cried for a woman who

Beat her down.

Apologized too late.

 

Heart arrhythmia, they said.

It happened in her sleep.

I held the phone, detached

upset.

Grasping for a memory,

A way to keep

A connection – A way to stay

Away

It's okay to love from a distance

Mom,

It's okay to love that way

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