What She Knows on Mothers Day

Mothers Day 2007
What she knew
A small room
A soft place to lay
Fresh flowers
Dirty clothes
Vodka Cigarettes Filth
Her name on her door

Mothers Day 2008
What she knows
A small room
A soft place to lay
Fresh flowers
Pretty dress
Cold Dark Ground
Her name above her feet

Mothers Day Mourning

The childless mother wakes slowly, savoring the numbness of mourning, she pretends not to remember, that today is Mothers Day.