WHEN YOU WENT AWAY

Hey! Mom, I remember you from yesterday,

Today you are in another place, a different space.

Wherever you are, near or far, peace rests with you,

When you went away, with you went your special face.

I once saw you on a rainy day, you were gone before the sun went away,

You are kept alive with all that I write, forever walk at my side.

Mom, I did not see you enough as for granted we take, a price we pay,

Thinking you would forever be, a fantasy from a child I once did see.

Keith Garrett

8 thoughts on “WHEN YOU WENT AWAY”

I’m going to share this with my student.

Man of many thoughts

July 19, 2019 at 2:03 am

Thanks for reading, who is your student and of what?

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- latoyasamanthasmith
  
  July 19, 2019 at 5:04 pm
  
  I teach foster youth. One of them just lost his mother. I think this would resonate with him.

“When you went away, with you went your special face.” This line though. Wow! I realize it’s in remembrance of your special person but it made me feel it could also be interpreted in another loss – the aftermath of betrayal. Look for a piece from me on this, Keith. Thank you.