Katherine
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It Got A Lot Darker,
Since Your Light Left Us,
I Let Anger Illuminate My Path,
And Silenced Faith in my Opus,
You Knew That Boy Before,
The One That Made You Cry,
Couldn't Understand Why you Had To Go,
Now I Understand I Just Did Not Try,
I Know Now, That as You Left,
In My Arms That Dark Thursday,
You Gave Me One Last Lesson,
To Get me the Rest of The Way,
I Still Remember Your Pain,
But Now It's Tempered with Your Smile,
Cos No Matter How Tough Things Got,
Giving up was Never Your Style,
I'm Learning Slowly Now,
To Stop Listening for Your Echo,
To Sing My Own Song Instead,
Harmonizing with Your Concerto,
I will Never Fill Your Shoes Ma,
But I Set My Footsteps Next to Yours,
Mother, As Long as I live,
Help Me Steer Your Course,
I Know Someday, Eventually,
7 p.m., Will Come Round Again,
I Hope When You Come to Pick Me up,
I'll be a Son You're Just as Proud to Claim,
Till Then Mother,
I Know Surely,
You'll Never Be Further,
Then My Heart is From Me...
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In Loving Memory of my Mother, Katherine Perumal; Oct 21, 1946 - April 13, 2006.
Today will be the 5th Anniversary of my Mother's Passing. I am learning, and I've grown alot since then. Yes I do feel detached from alot of things, but I have slowly come to terms with what has happened. 7pm, is something I mentioned here in this poem, it was a special time, when my Mother would return home everyday from work, and pick me up from my Grandma's Place. It's a reference from an entry in an old Journal I kept. I did not know then, that a Year and a Day from the day I wrote it, my Mother would leave me. I miss Her very much, but the best I can do for Her memory, is to live as She taught me to.
I Miss You Ma..
