We have emptied my mother in law's house. At times I can feel her there still.


Message Delivered

Rooms empty one by one
Possessions make new homes
piece by piece
Emotions quiver my voice tone

Every touch every smell
Tells a different moment
For she who cherished
Her home

I touch the walls
I feel her laugh
I feel her sharp refrain
I feel her sisters bicker
I feel the sound of hymns sung
I feel her beating heart
Coursing from finger tip
To tear flows

I see a Christmas tree
Grand children's stockings
Celebrated decorations
Lighted windows

I hear telephone calls
Always in the am of birth
Her pen scratch
As she wrote another card

It is her last message
A last card she cannot write
A last laugh I alone hear
A last salty phrase
A last loving hug I feel

My hand releases
Her house walls
I walk to the door
Heart a tremble
Whispering my last reply



Poetry by Kee Zealy The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2012-12-25 at 18:42

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countryfog
A poignant and loving poem. I have gone through this too but could never quite find the words, certainly none as moving as yours. My sympathy for your loss, though of course no one is ever truly lost while there is someone to remember them.
2012-12-25