My Mother Part 2- By: Piangte

Sweetest mother, even though it’s been years
Since you departed from us, for me
You are still alive, even today..

Even though I had waited so long to see you again,
Counting, days, months and years
You couldn’t wait for me…

When I came back home from college
In those golden days, I couldn’t forget
Your smiling face to welcome me home….

When all family members gathered together
I still remember how happy you were..
Your happy face is still in my mine, like yesterday

After waiting for such a long time,
The time arrived for me to be able to go home,
But it was too late now…

I wonder, if this is the reward of leaving my parents & everything behind
To serve my people & my country?….
Forgive me mother..

After 25 years, even though I came back…
Only your lifeless tomb stone, in the middle of weeds
Welcomed me quietly …

When I saw people of your age in my home town,
I imagined, “if mom were still alive….”
And the tear ran down on my cheek…

When I arrived our house, where the whole family used to gather
It was so old now, so quiet and empty…I wept and wept..
But there was no one to comfort me..

Whenever Mother’s Day arrives,
I miss you so much mother, I hope you enjoy Mother’s Day
With a smiling face in “Heaven” ….