Mother (CTG)

Mother

My mother lies sedated in hospice care and I can't make out what she's saying. Later she sleeps soundly and I don't disturb her. The room is quiet with subdued lighting and rain spatters on the window. What is she thinking about? Past times in Liverpool perhaps... the war when she met my father, a physiotherapist with the Royal Air Force. She served in the ATS, helped monitor the German bombers coming to rain bombs on the docks of Merseyside. The drone of the raiders' Heinkels.

Sound of ack ack fire
the promise of a date snatched
when he's next on leave

Lovely that Chris and I can relate to it in so many ways, thanks,
Mart :PDT_Piratz_26:

Nice sentiment Chris, my mum had a similar role in the war.

Thanks,
D.

Lets' hope she is dreaming about you... Peace be with you both..

Dreaming of her wonderful son and husband.

Hello Mart, Dazza, Naked Lilac and Spike

Thank you each for your kind comments and thoughts. I appreciate the best wishes at this difficult time. I am an only child so it makes the burden even greater.

Chris

Thanks Chris,

You have lots of friends here on Yo, and we are all here for you. We also appreciate how difficult it must be for you right now. Your mum can be very proud.

Daz

Thanks again, Daz. Here's another one:

Not About Death

This poem is not about death,
the slow breath of the sedated woman,
her reddened lips sunken because
someone lost her dentures, her son

pacing the worn wall-to-wall carpet
in the peaceful midnight common room,
deciding not to drink another cup of black
coffee from the pot steaming next to the TV

as it broadcasts another episode of unreality.

Christopher T. George

George, .CT. in sole receipt
of mother's love, as ever, sweet

the cruelest separation
cannot deny a lifetime of devotion


You are there Chris, where you have always been. Your mother too wont ever leave you.

Thanks, Oudeis.

Chris

Chris, my thoughts are with you to.

Hi Chris, having just lost my Father to dementia, I know exactly how you are feeling. Its an unreal state of mind losing a parent, my thoughts are with you and your family.

Kathy x

Thanks for your kind messages and thoughts, Kathy and burkhilly. Sorry to hear about your Dad, Kath. Yes it is... sad, sad, sad, but remember the good times and when they were well.

C

Mama Loved Mussels

As a main meal that is. A dozen green lip mussels on the half shell. For me, maybe, as a snack or a first course, rarely. Mama tucked into a bowl of the blue-black shellfish at Bertha's Dining Room in Fells Point, Baltimore. Not for her Mussels Casino, Mussels Marinara di Amore, Mussels in Curry Cream Sauce, or Southern California Cioppino with 1 pound of mussels, cleaned and debearded.

Mama loved green lip
mussels on the half shell
Amore Amore Amore

Christopher T. George

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Ah that Mrs. George
on beardless mussels she did gorge

no talk of ninjas with this gel
she was the hero with the half-shell :)

Thanks, Oudeis. :handclap:

Cheers

Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Hi Chris ,

I'm hopeless typing /writing words Chris ,
But i wanted you to know that i'm thinking of you & of course your mum ,

Love Karen xx

Hi Karen

I really appreciate your good thoughts, Karen. Thanks. I am receiving a lot of nice messages from my friends here and elsewhere.

Chris

:hug: Wer'e All here for you Chris anytime

Karen xx

You'll think i'm mad but every time i pass your old house in A H A i actually think about you lol.

Karen xx

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Originally Posted by gorgeous

You'll think i'm mad but every time i pass your old house in A H A i actually think about you lol.

Karen xx

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Wow. That's nice. Thanks!

C