The Last Time I Saw Her Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

The Last Time I Saw Her

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She was all spirit, walking wobbly,
Getting into bed was a journey,
That took minutes which were days,
For she had lost all the history,
With which she had walked me into this earth.


She was ailing, yet still calling,
To those gone and to us remaining,
In the whispers from her soul,
Telling us to keep the truths laid down,
When she sang, and danced like a clown,
In this thing that life gave us to do.

The last time I looked she was walking away,
Her body limp and leaning on doors,
Then I called out her name like always,
Only to find she was no longer here,
Only the shell lay in this that I saw.

I waved to her and knew the time has come,
For the call was waving her away,
With the hand she had used to say,
I want you to come here to me.

The songs she sang came back to mind,
Long prayers of dreams she wished for me,
With many names of God I did not know,
Counting one by one as she went,
All the way into the daybreak light,
To be disturbed by roosters crowing,
Telling us it was yet another day.

She remains a person who called to mind,
Things I know and have kept hidden,
Under my armpits where they tickle me,
And cause me to laugh for she forgot our names,
And called us all when she meant just me.

With itchy ears I hear her voice,
Surprised by us and our naughtiness,
Which she said confused eve the devil,
For she could not count even like himself,
And then laughed and sang like a dove,
Cooing away in a village with thorn bush,
That covered our fields with hope,
Sprouting yellow flowers, these balls of pollen,
Whose powdery tops were picked by by me and mt own,
And stuck in our hair for this was love.

She lies alone at the end of life,
With me wearing her thoughts on me,
Going to the future where they unfold,
And get shared just as now we look,
For this is life to you and me,
For it calls us to do just like her.

Thursday, October 20, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: age,motherhood,sharing
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rebecca Navarre 20 October 2016

OH! ! ! WOW! ! ! This IS Incredibly Beautiful Heartfelt And Absolutely Just Wonderful Poem! ! ! Wonderful flow too! ! ! Brings Smiles to my Heart and Mind because reminds me of Some one I've Always Known! Connected by time! Endlessly! Beautiful Write! ! ! ! ! ! !

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