A Mother's Grief

A poem about grief

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Mother’s Grief

The death of a child

For a Mother is never mild

 

At night she wakes up in a panic

Realizing her child’s life

Has ended in a way that was tragic

 

Tears roll down her face

When she remembers him playing chase

 

No matter what age the

Child is when they die

A Mother will always endlessly cry

 

How can this happen to them?

Who is responsible for these demands?

 

Death is final for this Mom

She’ll never see him grow up to be strong

 

How can she survive this difficult circumstance?

Now it will be hard to laugh or dance

 

Joy may at times light up her face

But in her heart there shall

Always be a hollow space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

My Grandmother used to wake up with terrible nightmares about her son being killed in a car wreck when he was in his 20's. She had these nightmares decades after he had died. I was just remembering her nightmares, that prompted this poem.

Reviews

[Darkest Rose]

This is such a sad poem,made me cry cause it's so true.I don't know anyone who has lost there child but if I did I would feel badly for there lost.Such a sad poem and Author's note but keep up the amazing writing.

[?]

Oh now this one made me tear a little. Death is so final. I cannot even nor do I want to imagine this for myself.
This was a sad one, but well written

[Solidad]

As a person who understands this piece on a personal level I cried when I read it. Not because this was a sad poem but because someone knew how to thread together the words I've been choking on for almost a year now. Thank you. J'adore

[Athena Ramos]

this made me weep :') it really got me~
made me remember about when my cousin died. :'|

[Tina Kline]

Very sad and tragic. You're poem is so true. I feel for parents who lose a child no matter the age of the child. It's still losing a child.

[JanieB]

So very sad. Good write.

[Abbie]

thats super sad though, its good to write about sad feelings that way there not all bottled up in side you

[Alicia™]

This is a tragic poem to go with a tragic story… :(

[Warren L.G De Mills]

its a great idea here but i believe you can do better with this honestly. ive seen you do much better with ur language to grip the reader's attention, this just slipped past me .

[Short.Nerd]

So sad