Mother,
Why is it so hard to see the end of the story and turn the page
Knowing it’s done?
You’re everything
And I knew it all along in my heart.
Tears are apart of me, apart of you,
Apart of us,
You stitched my tears and your tears together
With heart beats of a mommy’s love,
Oh mommy, don’t go,
I love you, you know.
My heart feels cracked open and exposed
Can we rewrite the book and add more chapters,
Please?
I’m your son,
And we are irrevocably bonded as mother and child,
Stitched like God’s green and blue
And we are our big blue,
Crying is our way to keep human
And to show our heavenly hue.
Mom, you’re here, living in my heart forever.
I love you.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos.
I am Bexley is published by Resurgence Novels here.
The Half Paper Moon is available on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella Carnivorous is to be published by Eukalypto soon! Coming soon
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Recently, the pleasant surprise of placement on the Vocal Bonus Leaderboard sent me down a rabbit hole. Now, rabbit holes are a pretty common place for me to spend time, but I don't always feel the call to write about them. To be honest, the thought of sharing some of them mortifies me.
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Sad and wonderful at the same time. Such a beautiful story.
I loved the line crying is our way to keep human! This was such an emotional poem. Congratulations on your Top Story!
Grief and loss are some of the most difficult emotions of the rainbow. Thank you for sharing. Beautifully well-written :)
very sad story loved it.You can visit my profile for amazing stories
Babs is correct, it is heartbreaking. But it's also more. The tender expression of love is something that will bless, nurture & sustain him, just as his mother's love has always done before.
Heartbreaking!!! Left a heart💖
Awh so sad, but super well written ❤️
Wow, beautiful. I also love the picture to go along with it. Big Midnight Gospel fan. Congrats!
Beautiful piece, congratulations.
Beautiful and heartfelt ❤️ ♥️ Congratulations on your top story ❤️
Beautiful and so touching! I was really moved by your words. Congrats on tops story, Melissa!
Congratulations 🎉 🎉🎉✨✨✨✨🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Wow. Incredible piece, Melissa. Congrats on the well deserved TS
Congratualtions on your Top Story!
Nice! Congratulations on the Top Story!
Beautifully stated! Congratulations on Top Story.
Congratulations on your Top Story Sis , love it
Tribute to the unbreakable bond between a mother and her child, even after death.💗💗💗
There is so much expressed in this. What a powerful piece
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Turning the page at the end of a story does often present challenges. It takes a lot of growth and work to learn to become detached to outcomes and circumstances.
This is the second time today I find myself thinking of the children's book, "I'll Love You Forever". "I'll love you forever. I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." The refrain gets repeated with each turn of the page until the end, when the mother is dying, her son repeats her words ending with, "my mother you'll be." I would describe your poem as most touching.
Beautiful, Kendall. ❤️
Rather moved by this one... ;)
Sweet 🥰