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A Mother’s Day Message To Above

Happy Mother’s Day

Gerald Washington
2 min readMay 13, 2024
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Greetings from below, Mom

It’s one of your special days

In May

You were taken away from an early age

During my early stage

Of life

If I had known

what was shown

many years ago in the hospital

of you

with lots of tubes

would have been my last time seeing you

I would have said goodbye

For years, I asked why…inside

Hoping to get an answer

to give my soul clarity

and much-needed peace

every time you came up in my mind

But no answer would ever make me feel whole again

The feeling of a robbed life consumes me

when it hits thee

For years

Conflicting emotions always controlled me

every mother’s day

I’m happy for others’ joy

For they get to enjoy

Their present parent

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Gerald Washington
Gerald Washington

Written by Gerald Washington

Just a curious writer/blogger trying to navigate a complex world. Sharing my words helps a lot with that.

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