'my Mother died today'

'my Mother died today'                   timothy r gates, 5/22/2014


answers to questions
questions need no answers
magic pretends
mysteries extend
"If i die before I wake,
i pray the Lord, my soul to take."
Book of the dead
Mourner's prayer of Kaddish
Mnemósynon
Panikhída
Parastas
Memory Eternal --
ways of saying we do not know.
We pray
We shake our fists
We wonder,
not in amazement
We're sad, yet glad
We're tired, yet pleased they're not
We weep, grieving and happy tears,
mixed
questions and answers are eclipsed
by love --
my Mother died today.