Losing Half Your Soul: Ode to. Mom

 Losing Half your Soul

Your lifeline, every breath you have taken

A new crippling realization

As your soul weeps, your heart lacerated.

Your oxygen is not beside you;

Moved to a new residence of eternal bliss

So happy for you my dearest mom

While I unsuccessfully try to pick up my shattered pieces

Of our once small, blessed  universe;

Sharing life to the last crumb,

Day and night belonging only to us;

Divine and fulfilling,

One soul, one heart, two bodies

Only we understood this unique,  privileged bond

How blessed was I

Thinking this happiness will last forever.

But your breaths ran out,

And mine still to go;

Drowned in my own salty tears,

Grace and Grief side by side

Remembering your 4 Cs:

Be content with what you have,

Never compare, complain and criticize

Love yourself, Love All,

And above all. keep that luring smile.

You are now my guardian angel,

My dearest Mom There and Here

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My Mom, My Hero

Simplicity personified,

Humility exemplary.

Innocent like a flowering tiny bud,

You were and always will be my hero.

The cool wind beneath my rusty wings,

Gentle aura of a divine soul,

How much I miss your sweet fragrance,

Holding tightly to our hidden dreams,

As they carve new horizons,

With your quiet divine touch,

While you lovingly watch over me

From heavens above.

Dr. Renee Mehrra