Ode To The Lost Mother Poem by lalitha iyer

Dear mother, when you died
did you sit upon the bud
or did you took the form of a bird
or did you swim deep into the sea
or up in the clouds into a bright star new

yesterday when I looked above
you smiled with your silvery eyes
all day when I gaze around
you seemed to whisper from the trees
the leaves sing and the scars heal
where did you go to form the new role?
oh my dear mother, canst you tell me a fool.

All night I looked among the stars
to see you special like the cartoon hours
I peer into every kitten and pup around
their eyes never show or did all show
your soft kindness and loving heart
oh my dear mother where did you go?
In this world of lonely thoughts
leaving me just innocent and simpleton fool.