The Day He Died Poem by Rose LaGrange

The day Dad died, he died in pain
The sun shone, it should've been rain
I'd never see his face again
The past was gone with all the shame

I needed my mother badly
She didn't want her family
But she'd already gone
She'd had us for so long

I searched for her everywhere
When men had left me I'd shed a tear
I thought it was a big mistake
My mother gone? surely my heart would break

She never explained why she left
It left the family bereft
Was it because I was ill too?
No, she'd gone for good that was true

Now I am very bitter & sad
I remember the good times that we had
I must put all the hurt away
Perhaps we'll meet again one day.