it's Mothers’
Day
and all they
wanted is a flower
for their mother
but guards
will not accept
flowers in the facility
maybe a card with
a word or two may do
to tell her how
much they love her
there’s nothing
much to add
except to say
they miss her
she has been away
for decades now
birthdays
weddings have come and gone
many births and
deaths came and left
without a word
from her
and they too have
grown up
without her—a
deadness around their lives
maybe a card with
a word or two
can tell her how
they wished
she were at the
window’s sill peeping
to see them
sleeping nicely
© 2013 Padmore
Agbemabiese, Cleveland, Ohio
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