Briefest of brief moments, In Memoriam, Mom
Briefest of brief moments: "I cried when I wrote this song..." And every time I read it. I wrote it in honor of my mother on the day she passed away. A couple of hours after she died, as a matter of fact. Our relationship was never without a certain and unavoidable tension; we were different in so many ways. But I did love you very much, Mom. There are so many things I wanted to tell you. "I only wish I could have told you in the living years..." bama
Briefest of brief moments...a tribute
For the briefest of brief moments,
we seemed to connect.
And our hearts and our soulsreached out briefly, so briefly.
Seemed to rise above
dreams and hopes on lies wrecked,
above truths only half-told.
For the briefest of brief moments
we reached out to hold one another
--one daughter, one mother --and I always did expect
that more moments would come,
when we would hold
each other again, counted on
the fact that there would be more than
the briefest of brief moments,
so brief, too brief...
And now
she is...
gone.
Copyright © 1998 bamaxena
From the original post on the NetForum: I have been sailing the deep ocean of my feelings and emotions for 41 years, and during almost all of that time, my constant companions have been words, spoken, or in books, in ink, on paper. They have been my vessel, my oar, my sail and my rudder. I learned to read and to write at the knee of my mother at a very early age. Thanks, mom. I hope you know how very much your gift has meant to me, and how much I enjoy sharing it with others now.
My mom, who taught me so well, and tried to love me, lost her battle with cancer and sailed away to the Other Side this June 10, 1998 at 9:55am CDST. She will be missed.