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I miss her kind face among faces
I miss her voice warning in case
I lingered on the edge:
I barely learned dragging the sledge
when you left me bereft
You taught me all I have left
yet I know nothing of living
I need your light:
That shined bright
when all was dark
and shadows lurked
I miss your heart full of warmth
I miss the love you shed:uncouth
I was:you cared not.
I miss the long night when you slept
and I in your feet rubbing them
till you slept and long after
A moment worth milions twas
when you would wake up
caress my head and say
“Tu soyi nae beta”
Go sleep!
I miss the scent of your presence
I miss the warm hugs
There is no joy in your absence
No one to protect me from winds
cold and bitter;nipping:unkind
I miss the long talks in kitchen
lessons in cooking and in life
Every line is etched in my bones
Yet for my wantonness I may not atone
When they shriek at me now
My head silently bows
I have no saviour
Such is the hour
All turned sour
I miss the prayers
Your clothes are here
the smell is too
the photographs
are frozen
the smiles
the memories
are too much to take in
breathing trying I have been
No longer living I keen
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