POEMS

BY HER SIDE

I WAS THERE BY HER SIDE

WHEN SHE TOLD THE FAMILY WITH

TEARFUL JOY THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT

I WAS THERE BY HER SIDE

WHEN SHE TOLD THEM SHE HAD CANCER

I WAS THERE BY HER SIDE

WHEN SHE TOLD US TO BE STRONG FOR HER

BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE HER

CHILD AND BEAT THIS DISEASE

I WAS THERE BY HER SIDE

WHEN SHE TORMENTED OVER THE FACT

THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LOOSE HER RIGHT

BREAST

I WAS THERE BY HER SIDE

WAITING IN THE ANTISEPTIC HOSPITAL ROOM

WHEN THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT HER

CANCER WAS TERMINAL

I WAS THERE BY HER SIDE

WHEN THEY LAID HER TO REST IN THE

GROUND

SO NOW I STAND ALONE WISHING THAT I WAS

THERE BY HER SIDE

MONIQUE MORENO

SEASONS

SUMMER

SUMMER TIME REMINDS ME OF MY MOTHER

COOL-AID POPSICLES, NEIGHBORS CHILDREN

AND SUNNY BEACHES. SHE IS ALWAYS

THERE TO BE YOUR FRIEND OR ANY ONE

ELSES

FALL

WITH THE FALL COMES THE CHANGE.

THE CHANGE OF THE COLOUR OF THE

LEAVES.

THE CHANGE OF THE NATURE OF OUR WAYS.

YET, THROUGH ALL OF THESE CHANGES

YOU ARE ALWAYS THE CONSTANT. ALWAYS

THERE TO GIVE YOUR EAR, AND LOVING

HELPFUL ADVISE.

WINTER

I THINK OF YOU WITH THE FIRST FALLEN

SNOW, AND WHEN THE SNOWFLAKES HIT MY

FACE. YOU ARE WITH ME WITH EACH

CHRISTMAS CAKE THAT I BAKE, AND ALL OF

THE DECORATIONS THAT I MAKE. WHEN WE

SING, YOUR VOICE IS HEARD ON HIGH. IT'S

CHRISTMAS, IT'S NEW YEARS, I JUST LOVE

THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR.

SPRING

IT'S A TIME OF NEW BEGINNINGS.

THE EARTH WAKING FROM IT'S WINTER NAP.

THE BEGINNING OF THE FLOWERS BLOOM.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ME.

THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU

LEFT ME. IT WAS THE END OF ONE LIFE AND

THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER. THE PART OF

ME THAT YOU TOOK WITH YOU HAS LEFT A

VOID. A VOID THAT I HAVE SO DESPERATELY

TRIED TO FILL. UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE

CAN FILL THE SPACE, SO I WAIT WITH THIS

SPACE UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.

MONIQUE MORENO

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